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Table of Contents
INDIAN AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................................... 22
VISITS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
BANKING & FINANCE.................................................................................................................................................... 28
ECONOMY & BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................................. 36
MOUs & AGREEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 39
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS ........................................................................................................................................ 41
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 47
SUMMITS & CONFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 60
MEETING & COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................................................. 62
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................. 66
DEFENCE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 69
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY............................................................................................................................................. 72
ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 75
SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 76
BOOKS & AUTHORS....................................................................................................................................................... 88
OBITUARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 90
IMPORTANT DAYS ........................................................................................................................................................ 93
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Cabinet Approvals
Cabinet Approval On September 18, 2019
• Approval to Payment Productivity Linked Bonus to railway employees for the FY 2018-19 -
Approval was given to payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) which is equivalent to 78
days’ wages for the Financial Year (FY) 2018-19, to all 11.52 Lakh non-gazetted eligible railway
employees excluding Railway Protection Force (RPF)/ Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF)
personnel, for maintaining industrial peace and railwaymen motivation.
STATE WISE NATIONAL NEWS

Andhra Pradesh
India’s longest electrified rail tunnel in Andhra Pradesh inaugurated by Vice president
• Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the longest electrified railway tunnel
(6.7km) between Cherlopalli and Rapuru costing Rs 437 crores, and the electrified railway line
(112km) between Venkatachalam (Krishnapatnam) and Obulavaripalli costing Rs 1,993 crores
in Andhra Pradesh.
Fun zone has been set up by the Railways at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station
• A fun zone, the first of its kind in Indian Railways, has been set up at the Visakhapatnam
Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh. The Gaming zone was inaugurated at platform number 1. The
children can enjoy games during their waiting period for trains.
Justice P Laxman Reddy appointed as the first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh, will serve a term
of 5 years
• Justice P. Lakshmana Reddy was sworn in as the Andhra Pradesh’s (AP) first Lokayukta after
the state's bifurcation in 2014. Reddy will have a five-year term as Lokayukta. AP Governor
Biswabhushan Harichandan administered the oath of office to Justice Reddy at a function in
Vijayawada.
First speaker of bifurcated AP, Dr Kodela Siprasada Rao passed away at the age of 72
• Former first speaker of the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Legislative Assembly, after bifurcation of AP,
and one of the key leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Dr Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, aged
72, passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana. He was found hanging in his house and expired
while undergoing treatment at Basava Tarakam Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad.
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu inaugurated 24 kW Dikshi Hydroelectric Project, state’s
first community-managed mini-hydroelectric project
• The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu has inaugurated the 24 kW(Kilowatt )
Dikshi Hydroelectric Project on the Phudungto river at Dikshi village in West Kameng district
of Arunachal Pradesh. The project was developed by a Hyderabad (Telangana) based firm Devi
Energies Private Limited. It is State’s first community-managed mini-hydro electric project and
also the first independent power project of its kind in the Northeast.
Assam
Amit Shah Chairs 68th Plenary Session Of The North Eastern Council 2019 In Guwahati, Assam
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 2-day (8th & 9th September, 2019) event of 68th
Plenary session of the North Eastern Council 2019 (NEC, a nodal agency for the economic and
social development of the North East which consists of 8 states of the region) at the Assam
Administrative Staff College in Guwahati, Assam. Governors and Chief Ministers of 8
northeastern states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, and Sikkim) participated in the event. Governors and Chief Ministers of 8
northeastern states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya,
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Nagaland, and Sikkim) participated in the event. Read full details here: Amit Shah Chairs 68th
Plenary Session Of The North Eastern Council 2019 In Guwahati, Assam.
ONGC will invest over Rs. 13,000 crore in Assam to dig oil wells
• Indian multinational oil and gas company, ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ) has signed
an MoU (memorandum of understanding ) with the Assam state government to invest more
than Rs. 13,000 crore in the next 5 years to excavate over 220 oil and gas wells in Assam.
Assam launches of 3 public welfare schemes called 'Aponar Apon Ghar', 'Abhinandan' & 'Free
Drugs Scheme for 651 Tea Garden Hospitals'
• The Assam state Government has launched schemes for the public welfare, which are as
follows:
 Aponar Apon Ghar: It is an upgraded version of the previous Apun Ghar home loan
subsidy scheme, which will provide a subsidy of up to Rs 2.5 lakh on home loans up to
Rs 40 lakh to all citizens of the state.
 Free Drugs Scheme for 651 Tea Garden Hospitals - Under this scheme, 142 essential
drugs, 47 surgical items, 45 consumables/linens and 6 numbers of disinfectants would
be provided free of cost to the 651 tea garden hospitals of the state.
 Abhinandan: It is an Education Loan Subsidy scheme, under this every student in the
state of assam having active education loan account regardless of the amount for
pursuing higher education can get benefitted.
Gujarat
For the 1st time, Gujarat govt signs sister state MoU with American state Delaware
• For the 1st time, the State Government of Gujarat signed sister-state MoU (memorandum of
understanding) with Delaware State of America in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. An 8-member
American delegation led by Jeffery Bullock, Secretary of the State of Delaware called on Gujarat
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in the state capital to sign the MoU.
Justice Vikram Nath is the new Chief Justice of Gujarat HC
• The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry appointed Justice Vikram Nath as the new
Gujarat High Court (HC) Chief Justice succeeding Justice Anant Surendraray Dave who was the
acting chief justice of the Gujarat HC as Gujrat HC had been without a regular chief justice since
November 2018 as the then Chief Justice R S Reddy was elevated to the Supreme Court (SC).
NTPC Ltd to set up 5 GW solar park- biggest in the country, in Gujarat
• NTPC ltd (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) announced to set up a
5GW(gigawatt) solar national park in Gujarat and is also expected to be the biggest in the
country. The cost of the site set up is expected to be Rs 25,000 crores ($3.5 billion) and is to be
operational in 2024.
Gujarat launches India's first ‘Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)’ to combat particulate air
pollution
• The State Government of Gujarat has launched India’s 1st trading program called “Emissions
Trading Scheme (ETS)” in Surat, Gujarat to combat particulate air pollution. ETS, an initiative of
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), is a market-based system where the government sets
a cap on emissions and allows industries to buy and sell permits (in kilograms) to stay below
the cap. ETS is also called a cap-and-trade market.
Haryana
Haryana Govt waived interest and penalty of Rs 4,750 crore on crop loans taken from
cooperative banks
• Haryana govt headed by its Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has waived interest and
penalty of Rs 4,750 crore on crop loans taken from cooperative banks, Primary Agriculture
Cooperative Societies (PACS), District Cooperative Central Banks (DCCB), Land Mortgage Bank
(LMB) and Haryana Land Reforms and Development Bank. This will benefit around 10 lakh
farmers of the state.
Overview Of Prime Minister Of India, Shri Narendra Modi’s Visit To Haryana
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• Prime Minister (PM) of India, Shri Narendra Modi visited Haryana. He participated in BJP’s
Vijay Sankalp Rally which marked the culmination of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’. It was Modi’s third visit to Rohtak, Haryana. Following are the
highlights of the visit:
 PM laid a foundation stone of Mega Food Park on September 8, 2019. Rs 179.75 crore
project will be setup by Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation
Limited (HAFED) at Industrial Model Township (IMT), Rohtak on National Highway-10,
linking Delhi with Rohtak, Haryana.
 PM inaugurated affordable housing complexes in Rohtak, the revival of Dulhera
distributary and Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC) in Faridabad, degree
colleges in Nuh, Sirsa and Palwal for imparting higher education to the girls.
 PM addressed the ‘Vijay Sankalp’ rally during his visit to the state. He stated that over
the last five years, the state has got the benefit of the double-engine – Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP) Central and state governments. Union Ministers Narender Singh Tomar,
Rao Inderjeet Singh, Krishan Pal Gurjar and Ratan Lal Kataria, lawmakers, legislators
and Panna Pramukh of 20,441 booths were present at the occasion. Read full details
here: Overview Of Prime Minister Of India, Shri Narendra Modi’s Visit To Haryana
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar launched 2 insurance schemes “Mukhyamantri Vyapari
Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana” and “Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema
Yojana” for traders
• The Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar launched 2 insurance schemes named
“Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana” and “Mukhyamantri Vyapari
Kshatipurti Beema Yojana'” for traders registered under the Haryana Goods and Service Tax
(HGST) Act, 2017. Premium of Rs 38 crore for both the schemes will be paid by the Haryana
state government.
Ayushman Bharat Haryana: Income limit raised to Rs 1.8 lakh p.a for PMJAY benefits
• The Government of Haryana raised the income limit to Rs 1.8 lakh per annum (p.a) in order to
claim the benefits under Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY)
scheme. People will get a ‘Ayushman Bharat Card’. Under this scheme, eligible beneficiaries can
get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh at empanelled hospitals.
Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah Launched ‘ERSS – Dial 112’, ‘E-Beat Book’ System And The ‘E-
Saathi App’ At The 29th Meeting Of The Northern Zonal Council In Chandigarh
• Union Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) Shri. Amit Shah launched 3 citizen centric services of
chandigarh police at the 29th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council in chandigarh, the capital
of Punjab and Haryana. The three services are ‘E-Beat Book’ System, ‘E-Saathi App’ and
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS – Dial 112). Read full details here: Home Affairs
Minister Amit Shah Launched ‘ERSS – Dial 112’, ‘E-Beat Book’ System And The ‘E-Saathi
App’ At The 29th Meeting Of The Northern Zonal Council In Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh
HP CM Jai Ram Thakur launched the Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline '1100' for redressal
of public grievances
• Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh (HP) Shri Jai Ram Thakur launched the “Mukhya Mantri
Seva Sankalp Helpline '1100' (Chief Minister’s Service Resolution Helpline) for redressal of
public grievances in a speedy and time bound manner. The helpline functions from 7am-10pm
from monday-saturday. By this service, HP became the fourth state in the country after
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to launch this helpline.
Jammu and Kashmir
Mini conclave of first J&K investor summit -2019 is held at Leh
• The Mini Conclave of First Jammu and Kashmir Investor Summit-2019 is held in Leh in Ladakh
after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution that gives special status
to J&K. The conclave was attended by the Leh Hill council CEC Gyal P Wangyal, LAHDC officials,
CII representatives and the investors from across the state.
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Udhampur district of J&K organized the first women-only marathon against drug addiction
• The Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) along with non-governmental organization
(NGO) Dogra Kranti Dal organized the first women-only marathon on the theme of drug
awareness in lines with Prime minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Fit India movement.
Jharkhand
Justice Harish Chandra Mishra is the new Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC
• The Central Government appointed Justice Harish Chandra Mishra as the Acting Chief Justice of
Jharkhand High Court (HC) with effect from August 30, 2019. At present, he is the senior-most
judge at the Jharkhand HC. He succeeded Justice Prashant Kumar who passed away on August
30, 2019.
Overview of PM Modi’s visit to Jharkhand on September 12, 2019
• On September 12, 2019 the Prime Minister(PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi paid a one-day
visit to Jharkhand and launched schemes namely KMY, PMLVMY and Swarojgar. He also
inaugurated Jharkhand assembly and schools in the state.
 The “Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana”(KMY) for small and marginal farmers was launched in
Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. This scheme would benefit 5crore farmers
nationwide.
 Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Mandhan Yojana (PMLVMY) was launched with the aim
of providing pension to small shopkeepers and traders benefiting 3crore people in the
country.
 PM dedicated the nation’s second Multi-Modal Terminal(MMT) at the Sahibganj town of
Jharkhand built across river Ganga under Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP).
 Jharkhand assembly: New Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha (state assembly building) was
inaugurated by PM in presence of Jharkhand Chief Minister(CM) Raghubardas and
governor Droupadi Murmu and had also laid foundation stone for the New Secretariat
Building at Ranchi. Read full details here: Overview of PM Modi’s visit to Jharkhand
on September 12, 2019
Karnataka
4th General Assembly of the Association Of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for the Year 2019
held in Bengaluru
• The Election Commission of India (ECI) hosted the 4th General Assembly of the Association of
World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for the year 2019. It was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from
September 2-4, 2019. India took over as A-WEB’s Chair for the 2019-21 term. The General
Assembly meeting was presided by the Chief Election Commissioner of India Shri Sunil Arora.
The meeting of the Executive Board of A-WEB was held on September 2, 2019. Read full details
here: 4th General Assembly of the Association Of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for the
Year 2019 held in Bengaluru.
Skill India gets its first batch of IES officers to the ISDS cadre; Training at ATI, Mysuru
• The first batch of Indian Engineering Service (IES) Officers who have joined the Indian Skill
Development Services (ISDS) through the Indian Engineering Service Examination conducted
by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have started receiving the training at the
Administrative Training Institute (ATI) in Mysuru, Karnataka.
Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Development Board renamed as Kalyana –Karnataka Regional
Development Board by Karnataka government
• Law Minister of Karnataka, J C Madhuswamy informed that the Government of Karnataka has
approved to rename the Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Development Board (HKRDB) as
Kalyana Karnataka Regional Development Board. It was announced after the legislators and
others from the region demanded to do away with the colonial-era nomenclature that
associated the region with the erstwhile Nizams of Hyderabad.
Union Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated NCCCR&D at IISc-
Bengaluru
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• Union Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated the National Centre
for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-
Bengaluru, Karnataka which was set up by the union government through the Department of
Science & Technology (DST), in the presence of Secretary, DST ,Prof. Ashutosh Sharma and
Director, IISc, Prof. Anurag Kumar.
Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste S.K. Padmadevi who was part of the first Kannada
talkie film ‘Bhakta Dhruva’ passed away
• Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste S.K. Padmadevi, aged 95, who was part of the first
Kannada talkie film ‘Bhakta Dhruva’ (1934) passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka from age-
related illness. She also starred in ‘Samsara Nouke’, first Kannada social film (1936). She hailed
from Bangalore, Karnataka.
Kerala
Kochi to host 22nd India International Seafood Show after 12 years
• The 22nd edition of the India International Seafood Show (IISS) which is one of the largest
seafood fairs in Asia, is to be hosted by the Marine Products Export Development Authority
(MPEDA) in association with Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) in Kochi (known as
queen of Arabian sea) at Hotel Grand Hyatt from February 7-9, in 2020. This biennial show
would be Kochi’s first hosting after 12 years.
Kerala to set up India’s first iWTC in Kozhikode
• In consonance with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), Kerala
will set up India's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC) in Kozhikode to boost
women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity. It is an important Gender Park under the
Department of Social Justice of Kerala Government.
Renowned writer of Kerala Sivaraman Cheriyanad passed away at the age of 78 years
• Writer and author Sivaraman Cheriyanad passed away at the age of 78. Born in Chengannur,
Kerala,in December 13, 1941, Sivaraman initially worked as a school teacher and then started
to write many novels, stories, especially children’s literature. He was honoured with Abu Dhabi
Sakthi Award in 1988, A.P.Kalakkad Award(2009), Kerala Sahitya Akademi scholarship in
1990-91 for study on the writings of writer Parappuram and also received National Teachers
Award in 1989.
Noted Malayalam actor Sathar passed away in Kochi, Kerala
• Sathar, veteran Malayalam actor, has passed away in Kochi, Kerala after suffering from liver
ailments. He was 67. Born on 25 May 1952, Kadungalloor near Aluva in Ernakulam district of
Kerala, has over 300 movies to his credit, including Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films.
Senior HC judge, Justice C.K. Abdul Rehim, appointed as Acting CJ of the Kerala High Court
• According to law and justice ministry’s notification the President of India, Shri Ram Nath
Kovind has appointed senior High Court (HC) judge Justice C.K. Abdul Rehim as the acting Chief
Justice(CJ) of the Kerala High Court after incumbent Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy was elevated
as the Supreme Court(SC) Judge.
Indian writer, V J James’s novel ‘Nireeswaran’ wins Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literature
Award 2019
• An Indian writer who primarily writes in Malayalam language, V. J. James’s novel
‘Nireeswaran’ (Atheist,a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God) has
been selected for the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literature Award 2019. The award carries
a cash prize of Rs 1-lakh, a sculpture designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman and felicitation letter.
Ladakh
Ladakh’s first ever Mobile Science Exhibition (SCIENCE EXPLORER) of NCSM in Leh flagged off
by Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
• First-ever Mobile Science Exhibition (SCIENCE EXPLORER) was flagged off in Leh, Ladakh by
Union culture and tourism minister (Independent charge) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel and would
be available as first of its kind in the entire Ladakh region. He also launched 25 new Mobile
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Science Exhibition(MSE) buses for Aspirational Districts across the country in order to reach
the unserved/unreached areas and it is fully funded by the culture ministry.
Madhya Pradesh
MP govt. to offer cows for online adoption
• Madhya Pradesh (MP) govt. announced to launch online service for cow adoption and shed
provisions under the MP govt’s initiative “Project Gaushala”at Gaushalas(cow shelters). In this
project a cow can be adopted for a minimum period of 15 days.
Happiness department of Madhya Pradesh opens “Time Bank”
• The Madhya Pradesh’s Happiness department has planned to set up “Time Bank” that is
mutual exchange of services. In Time bank, The units of time in an hour is valued as currency. It
would provide money for an hour that could be exchanged to acquire a new skill without the
need of any paper money.
Actor Govinda appointed as the brand ambassador of Madhya Pradesh to promote the state's
traditions and tourist places
• Public Relations Minister of Madhya Pradesh government, PC Sharma notified that Indian
Bollywood actor Govinda, aged 55, is appointed as the brand ambassador of Madhya
Pradesh to promote the state’s traditions and tourist places. The government also has plans to
set up a film city in the state.
Madhya Pradesh government launched a month long “Swachhata hi Seva Abhiyan"
• The government of Madhya Pradesh launched a month-long “Swachhata hi Seva Abhiyan”
against the single-use plastic which will be observed till October 25, 2019. It will also coincide
with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In order to collect waste, a total 2000 km
long plog run will be organised in 378 cities of the state. The campaign will also emphasize on
the establishment of utensil banks in the state.
Bhopal metro of Madhya Pradesh will be named after Raja Bhoj : Kamal Nath
• Chief Minister (CM ) Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government has announced that the
name of the metro of its capital Bhopal will be 'Bhoja Metro' after the late king Raja Bhoj. CM
Kamal Nath laid the foundation stone of the Bhopal Metro Rail Project to be built at a cost of
about Rs 6,941.4 crore rupees.
Maharastra
Prakash Javadekar launched the new logo and certificate design of Central Board of Film
Certification (CBFC)
• The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting (I&B) and Environment, Forest & Climate
Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar has unveiled the new logo and certificate design of Central
Board of Film Certification (CBFC) at an event in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The design of the new
logo has been designed by designer Rohit Devgan in collaboration with the technical support
team of National Securities Depository Limited(NSDL).
First 'Make in India' Metro Coach In Mumbai inaugurated by PM Modi in Mumbai
• Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Metro Coach in Mumbai under the
‘Make in India’ initiative at Jio World Centre, Maharashtra, Mumbai. He also launched Rs.19,000
crore worth metro projects with previous investment of Rs 1.5Lakh crore and laid foundation
stone of 3 Metro lines to the metro network of the city expected to be operational from 2031.
Read full details here: First ‘Make In India’ Metro Coach In Mumbai Inaugurated By PM
Modi In Mumbai.
Polish Minister Marcin Przydacz unveils memorial pillar in Valivade, Kolhapur in memory of
refugee Polish families during WWII
• Marcin Przydacz, the deputy foreign minister of Poland unveiled a memorial pillar in Valivade
in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra in memory of the 5000 polish refugee families that settled
in Valivade during World War II (WWII) 80 years ago.
Javadekar inaugurates the renovated Jayakar bungalow at NFAI in Pune, Maharashtra
• Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forest
and Climate Change has inaugurated the renovated Jayakar bungalow (a famous heritage
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building of Pune) at National Film Archive of India (NFAI)in Pune, Maharashtra. The renovated
bungalow have a digital film library and private space to watch the films of NFAI's collection.
Javadekar also released a special booklet ‘Parampara: An ode to Jayakar Bungalow’.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar flags off ‘Jaldoot’ bus for water conservation initiative in
Pune
• Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Shri Prakash Javdekar(also
Information & Broadcasting minister) flagged off a bus named “Jaldoot” in Pune, Maharashtra
which showcases the importance of water conservation. This bus which is redesigned to create
“Jaldoot: Travelling Exhibition on Jalshakti Abhiyan”, would travel to 8 districts of
Maharashtra for 2 months and would also convey to people about the work of govt. in last 100
days, along with bold initiatives and decisions undertaken.
Veteran music director Usha Khanna to be honoured with Maharashtra government's "Lata
Mangeshkar Award" for the year 2019-20
• The Cultural Affairs Minister of the government of Maharashtra, Mr. Vinod Tawde announced
that Veteran music director Usha Khanna, aged 78, has been awarded the Maharashtra
government's "Lata Mangeshkar Award" for the year 2019-20. The award was instituted in
1993 and consists of Rs 5,00,000 cash, a citation and a memento.
Congress veteran & freedom fighter BJ Khatal Patil passed away at 100 in Maharashtra
• Congress veteran BJ Khatal Patil passed away at the age of 100 due to Pneumonia at his
residence in Rangaragalli in Sangamner town of Maharashtra. Born on March 26, 1919, in
Sangamner town in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, Khatal served as a lawyer and took part
in the Indian independence struggle and Non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.
Maharashtra set to become India’s first state to formulate vertical property rules
• The cabinet of Maharashtra cleared the “vertical property rules” to create a database of all
flats, buildings and commercial complexes with an aim to prevent property-related frauds. It is
set to become India’s first state to formulate vertical property rules. The draft rules will be
inserted into the Maharashtra Land Revenue Record of Rights and Registers for Apartments
and Building Rules 2019 by the Revenue Department of the Maharashtra government.
Maharashtra govt. to set up “Swachh Bharat World University” at Sevagram in wardha district
of Maharashtra
• In order to focus on cleanliness and sanitation research, the state govt of Maharashtra has
decided to set up ‘Swachh Bharat World University’ to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth
anniversary. The university will be set up at Sevagram town, Wardha, in vidarbha region of
Maharashtra. A seven-member committee headed by Vinod Tawde, education minister of
Maharashtra has been formed to study about the university requirements.
The book titled “The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas” by Dhaval
Kulkarni released
• The book titled “The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas” written
by the journalist Dhaval Kulkarni was released. It is published by Penguin Random House. The
book depicts the political journey of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.
7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held in Mumbai, Maharashtra
• A 3-day event of 7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held at Hotel Grand Hyatt in
Mumbai, Maharashtra from 27- 29, September, 2019 with the theme “Prosperous Society:
Stronger Society” to bring together financially successful members in Hindu society such as
such as traders, bankers, technocrats, investors, industrialists to share business knowledge,
expertise and resources with their fellow brethren. WHEF 2020 will be organized in The
Hague, Netherlands.
Election Commission appoints Ms Madhu Mahajan & Shri B Murali Kumar as special
expenditure observers for Maharashtra
• The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed two former Indian Revenue Service
(IRS) officers Madhu Mahajan (ex IRS 1982) and B. Murali Kumar (ex IRS 1983) as Special
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Expenditure Supervisors for the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The appointment was made
by ECI exercising the powers conferred on it under Article 324 of the Constitution and Section
20B of The Representation of the People Act 1951. Read full details here: Election
Commission appoints Ms Madhu Mahajan & Shri B Murali Kumar as special expenditure
observers for Maharashtra
Actress Madhuri Dixit appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Maharashtra Assembly polls
• Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Office appointed Indian actress Madhuri Dixit as a goodwill
ambassador for Maharashtra Assembly polls to create awareness among people about the
importance of voting which are scheduled to be held on October 21, 2019. She will be seen in a
video titled 'Let's Vote’.
New Delhi
Amit Shah meets his Singaporean counterpart in New Delhi, discusses bilateral issues
• The Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah met his Singaporean counterpart K Shanmugam in
New Delhi and they discussed bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. The two sides
agreed to step up cooperation in dealing with trans-national organized crime, including drug
trafficking and economic offenses.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held meeting with Australian Minister for Resources and
Northern Australia Senator, Matthew Canavan in New Delhi
• Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with
Australian Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator, Matthew Canavan in New
Delhi. They agreed to work towards strengthening the energy pillar of bilateral engagement.
India is the largest importer of Australian metallurgical coal.
Election Commission of India launches “Electors Verification Programme” voter verification &
authentication
• The election commission of India (ECI) has launched Electors Verification Programme(EVP),
that seeks updation of electoral rolls through crowdsourcing. A special camp was held at the
election commission’s headquarters in New Delhi, where National Voters’ Service Portal
(NVSP) and Voter helpline app were unveiled by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil
Arora. The portal is https://www.nvsp.in/
Cultural event ‘Namaste pacific’ organised in Delhi
• Cultural event ‘Namaste Pacific’ was organised in Delhi jointly by the high commissions of
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji to showcase pacific region cultures in
India. Para-athlete Deepa Malik (Shot Put player) and future Secretary (East) of Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA) from October 1, 2019 Vijay Thakur Singh were the guest of honours at
the event.
CGHS Bhawan inaugurated in Sector 13 of R K Puram in New Delhi
• Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the state-of-the-
art Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Bhawan in Sector 13 of R K Puram in New
Delhi. CGHS services, started in 1954 from Government of India Market in Delhi, was expanded
to only 25 cities till 2014. In the last 5 years (Till 2019), the Modi government has extended it
to 71 cities.
Secretary-General of INTERPOL, Mr. Jurgen Stock, called on Union Home Minister, Shri Amit
Shah, in New Delhi
• International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Secretary General, Mr. Jürgen Stock,
called on Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, in New Delhi. He assured the best support of
INTERPOL for the fight against terror. The proposal was made to host the INTERPOL General
Assembly in New Delhi in the year 2022, as part of celebrations of the 75th Anniversary of
Indian Independence.
“Garvi Gujarat Bhavan” inaugurated by PM Modi in New Delhi
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the “Garvi Gujarat Bhavan” at Akbar Road in
New Delhi. The building was built by the Gujarat government at a cost of Rs 131 crore which
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will serve as a home for Gujarati people in Delhi and the old Gujarat Bhavan at Chanakyapuri,
Delhi will also continue to function.
Cabinet of Delhi included OBC, general category students in ‘Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana’
• The cabinet of Delhi decided to include Other Backward Class (OBC) and General category
students in its 'Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana' which was initially meant for the Scheduled
Caste (SC) category students who were provided financial assistance of Rs 40,000. It hiked the
financial assistance from Rs 40,000 to Rs 1 lakh for coaching for various competitive exams.
The first meeting of the Apex Committee for DefExpo 2020 held in New Delhi
• The first meeting of the Apex Committee for DefExpo 2020 was held in New Delhi. It was
chaired by the Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and it was also attended by Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath. 11th edition of DefExpo will be held for the first time in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from February 05 – 08, 2020 with the theme ‘Digital Transformation
of Defence’.
COP 14 Of UNCCD Held At The India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi
• The 12-day, 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was held at the India Expo Centre & Mart,
Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, India from September 2-13, 2019 under the theme “Investing in
Land, Unlocking Opportunities”. It was for the first time, India had hosted the conference. Read
full details here: COP 14 Of UNCCD Held At The India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida,
Delhi.
3 day 5th International Ramayana Festival organised by ICCR held in New Delhi
• 3 day long 5th International Ramayana Festival was inaugurated in New Delhi on September
17, 2019 by Union minister of home affairs Shri Amit Shah. The festival is organised by Indian
Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) to promote Indian culture and its values. 17 countries
have participated in the festival which is organised 5th time in a row.
Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Ayushman Bharat Pakhwara ahead of first
anniversary of AB-PMJAY in Delhi
• Union health & family welfare minister Shri Harsh Vardhan launched Ayushman Bharat
Pakhwara, a fortnight-long awareness about the Ayushman Bharat scheme and other
initiatives like Poshan Abhiyaan and Swachhta Abhiyaan in New Delhi, to focus on promotive
and curative aspects of healthcare, nutrition, yoga, and healthy lifestyle. It is observed from
September 15-30, 2019 celebrating one-year launch of Ayushman Bharat- the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) on September 23, 2019.
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched various initiatives of AICTE in
New Delhi
• Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
launched various initiatives of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in New Delhi.
The initiatives are Facilitation through Margadarshan and Margadarshak, Model Curriculum
for Diploma Courses, Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs
(WAWE Summit 2019) and 360-degree Feedback of Faculty. Read full details here: Union HRD
Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Launched Various Initiatives Of AICTE In New
Delhi.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched 'champions campaign' against dengue
• The Chief Minister of Delhi, Mr Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched
"champions campaign" in the fight against dengue. Earlier, he had also launched 10Hafte
10Baje 10Minute campaign.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal launched a new mobile app named “Tatpar” for
accessing over 50 citizen-centric services
• The Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has launched a new mobile app called ‘Tatpar’
developed by various units of Delhi Police over the last three years . people will be able to do
more than 50 works of their need through this app with a single touch.The app was designed
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by the IT ministry along with the National e-Governance Division, the app amalgamates all the
websites and mobile applications of Delhi Police.
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ initiative for new born babies and
inaugurated NIDAN kendras in New Delhi
• Union minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh
Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of Inherited
Disorders) initiative designed on the concept of “prevention is better than cure” to make
efforts to tackle genetic diseases inherited by new born babies, in New Delhi. He also
inaugurated ‘NIDAN’ (National Inherited Diseases Administration) Kendras, under the aegis of
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology. Read full details
here: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ initiative for new born babies
and inaugurated NIDAN kendras in New Delhi
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari And Shri RK Singh Inaugurated National Conclave On Energy
Efficiency In MSME Sector In New Delhi
• The Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport &
Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari and Shri RK Singh, Union Minister of State for Power and New &
Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship jointly inaugurated the 2-
day long National Conclave on Energy Efficiency in MSME sector in New Delhi. The conclave
was organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency(BEE). Read full details here: Union minister
Nitin Gadkari and Shri RK Singh inaugurated National Conclave on Energy Efficiency in
MSME sector in New Delhi
Dr Harsh Vardhan launched ‘TB Harega Desh Jeetega’ campaign & National TB Prevalence
Survey 2019
• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare (HFW) Dr Harsh Vardhan launched ‘TB Harega
Desh Jeetega’ campaign & National TB Prevalence Survey 2019 in New Delhi, on the sidelines of
the India' s aim of eradication of Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, ahead of the United Nations (UN)
deadline of 2030 in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). TB is an infectious disease
caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria which affects the lungs. Read full details
here: Dr Harsh Vardhan launched ‘TB Harega Desh Jeetega’ campaign & National TB
Prevalence Survey 2019
Dr Jitendra Singh launched CPGRAMS reforms in Department of Posts
• Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr.
Jitendra Singh unveiled the Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System
(CPGRAMS) reforms in Department of Posts. The event was organised by the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in New Delhi.
CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal launched Mukhyamantri Kirayedar Bijli Meter Yojana
• Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal notified the launch of Mukhyamantri Kirayedar
Bijli Meter Yojana under which tenants residing in Delhi will be able to avail power subsidy.
They will get a separate power meter. Through this new scheme, tenants will get a prepaid
meter using 2 documents - rent agreement or rent receipt and current address proof. They will
have to deposit security money of Rs 3,000.
MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy launched street crime patrol van ‘prakhar’ and
emergency response number ‘112’
• Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri G Kishan Reddy, flagged off “Prakhar” street crime
patrol vans in New Delhi in order to control crimes in the city and also launched single
emergency helpline number 112 for immediate assistance. The main call centre has been set up
at Shalimar Bagh in New Delhi for this purpose.
Delhi HC chief D.N Patel launched ‘Delhi High Court’ app for lawyers and litigants
• The DelhiHigh Court(HC) has launched official mobile app named “Delhi High Court” for
lawyers and litigants (person involved in a lawsuit). The app was launched by its Chief
Justice(CJ) Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel. The app provides details about case status, display
board, cause list and access to other important links of the website of HC.
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Odisha
Nuakhai- harvesting festival celebrated in Odisha
• September 3, 2019 marks this year’s Nuakhai festival, as the day is celebrated one day after the
Indian festival Ganesh Chathurthi (September 2, 2019) in Odisha, especially in its western part.
The name is derived from ‘nua’ which means new and ‘khai’ means food, thus denoting the
newly harvested food by the farmers. The festival is also called as Nuakhai Parab or Nuakhai
Bhetghat.
Odisha rolls out “One nation one ration card” scheme on September 1, 2019
• Odisha government implemented the “One nation one ration card” programme on a pilot basis
initially in areas under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), to people possessing
ration card ensuring inter-state portability of ration cards. The beneficiaries can avail the
ration from any Public Distribution System (PDS) outlet under the National Food Security Act
(NFSA), 2013 and State Food Security Scheme (SFSS).
Former Kalahandi king of Odisha Udit Pratap Deo passed away
• Udit Pratap Deo, the Former king of Kalahandi which was a princely state of Odisha, but now a
district, has passed away in a private hospital at the age of 71. The former king was coronated
as the 32nd king of Kalahandi in 2001.
Senior Journalist Dilip Satpathy from Cuttack, Odisha passed away
• Senior journalist Dilip Satpathy, aged 56, from Cuttack, Odisha passed away. The bone marrow
cancer had relapsed him 3 years ago. He started his career as a reporter in a city-based English
daily and become the Resident Editor of the Bhubaneswar edition of Business Standard.
Anupriya Lakra becomes first Woman Pilot from Odisha's maoist-hit Malkangiri district
• Anupriya Lakra, aged 27, a tribal woman from Odisha's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district (tribal
area) has become the first female pilot from the backward region. She will join a private airline
as a co-pilot.
Odia writer Pradeep Dash wins 40th Sarala Puraskar award for 2019
• Noted Odia poet Pradeep Dash was selected for the 40th edition of 2019 Sarala Puraskar award
for his poetry work Charu Chibar O Charjya. The award which is the foremost literary honour
in Odisha comprises of a citation with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and will be presented on
October 26, 2019, by the governor of Odisha Shri Ganeshi Lal.
Senior bureaucrat Nirmal chandra mishra appointed as the chairman of the Odisha Staff
Selection Commission (OSSC)
• Senior bureaucrat & present director of the tourism department, Nirmal Chandra Mishra, has
been appointed as the chairman of the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC). He will
succeeds Major General Bhabani Shankar Das, as he completes his term a few days back.Mishra
also holds the additional charge of managing director (MD), Odisha Tourism Development
Corporation (OTDC).
Odisha unveils mascot “Tikki Mausi” to combat malnutrition among women and children
• Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Department of Odisha unveiled a mascot
named “Tikki Mausi” in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for
nutrition awareness purpose. A state-level communication strategy in partnership with
UNICEF was also launched to make the public aware of nutrition in child and women for
development.
Punjab
Veteran congress leader sukhdev singh libra from Punjab passed away
• Sukhdev Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former MP (Member of Parliament) has passed
away after a prolonged illness. He was 87. ibra, who was born on 7 November 1932 at
Ludhiana district of Punjab, was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas.
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Rajasthan
New health insurance scheme, 'AB-MGRSBY' launched in Rajasthan
• The Rajasthan state government has launched a new health insurance scheme called
Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB-MGRSBY) by
integrating the Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme(BSBY) of the State Government and
Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna Scheme(AB-PMJAY) of the Central
Government. Read full details here: New Health Insurance Scheme, ‘AB-MGRSBY’ Launched
In Rajasthan
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot launched India's first 'Jan Soochna Portal' RAJIV campaign
• Chief Minister(CM) Shri Ashok Gehlot, of the govt. of Rajasthan has launched a portal called ‘Jan
Soochna Portal' under the Rajasthan Innovation Vision (RAJIV) campaign that was started to
commemorate former Prime minister(PM) Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th anniversary. This portal
designed by the information and technology(IT) department, is a first of its kind in India to
provide access to information about govt. departments in a single platform.
Veteran Politician Congress Leader Goverdhan Kalla passes away at the age of 89 years
• Veteran Congress Leader and Former MLA Goverdhan Kalla passed away at the age of 89 years
after a prolonged illness in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. He served as an MLA of Jaisalmer between
2003-08, funeral procession was happened at Vyas Chhatri Cremation Ground.
Rajasthan Health minister Raghu Sharma launches a personal website and a mobile app
• Health Minister of Rajasthan, Raghu Sharma launched a personal website and a mobile app to
stay connected with the public. Details of the programmes of the minister and other important
information will be updated on the platforms on a real-time basis.
Sikkim
Meenakshi Madan Rai takes charge as acting CJ of the Sikkim HC
• The central government has appointed Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, senior-most Judge of the
Sikkim High Court, as the acting Chief Justice of the high court by replacing Justice Vijai Kumar
Bist, who retired on September 16, 2019. The appointment has been made by exercising the
powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India.
Tamil Nadu
Actor, cinematographer and director Raja sekar passes away at the age of 61 years in Tamil
Nadu
• Tamil Film Director, Actor and Cinematographer Raja Sekar passed away due to cardiac arrest
in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, at the age of 61 years. He worked in television Shows. He also
populated for Robert Rajasekar Director Duo.
Overview of TN CM Palaniswami’s visit to three-nation tour to the US, UK and UAE
• The Chief Minister(CM) of Tamil Nadu (TN) KPalaniswami paid a three nation tour of 14 days
to the United States(US), United Kingdom (UK) and United Arab Emirates(UAE) from August
28- September 10 2019 to attract investment in the state. The tour has fetched total
investment worth Rs 8,830 crore from 41 Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signed with
the three nations and could provide job opportunities to 37500 people of TN. Read full details
here: Overview Of TN CM Palaniswami’s Visit To Three-Nation Tour To The US, UK And
UAE.
TN Unveils ‘Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy 2019’ With Rs.50,000-Cr Investment Target
• Chief Minister of TamilNadu Shri Edappadi K Palaniswami unveiled new ‘Tamil Nadu Electric
Vehicle Policy 2019’ in the state that would attract Rs. 50,000 crore investment and also create
1.5lakh jobs. An EV park is also decided to be created in the future with plug-and-play facilities.
50-100% exemption of road tax will be made for all EVs till the end of 2022. Read full details
here: TN Unveils ‘Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy 2019’ With Rs.50,000-Cr Investment
Target.
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Senior TDP leader, Naramalli Shivprasad passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Chittoor Member of Parliament (MP),
Naramalli Sivaprasad has passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu after suffering from kidney
ailments. He was 68. Born on 11 July 1951, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh (AP) , he won the 2009
and 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency. He also made a lot of
efforts to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh.
Centre introduced a new scheme named ‘Assistance for Deep Sea Fishing’ for the fishermen in
Tamil Nadu
• Union Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh notified that a new
scheme named ‘Assistance for Deep Sea Fishing’ was introduced for fishermen in Tamil Nadu
as a part of 'Blue Revolution Scheme’. Rs 300 crore was released for this scheme by the union
government.
Rupa Gurunath appointed as first woman president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
• Rupa Gurunath was appointed as the first woman president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
(TNCA) at the 87th Annual General Meeting of TNCA held at Chepauk MA Chidambaram
Stadium in Chennai, TamilNadu. With this appointment she also became the first woman to
head a state level cricket body in the country.
Justice Vineet Kothari of Rajasthan appointed as the Acting CJ of Madras
• According to law and justice ministry’s notification the President of India, Shri Ram
NathKovind has appointed Justice Vineet Kothari of Rajasthan, the senior-most judge of Madras
High Court (HC), as its Acting Chief Justice (ACJ). He replaces Justice Vijaya Kamlesh
Tahilramani who recently resigned her post. The ACJ is appointed by the president under
article 223 of the Indian constitution.
Telangana
3-day International Snacks Festival 2019 inaugurated in Hyderabad
• A 3-day International Snacks Festival 2019 was inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was
inaugurated at the Ameerpet Metro station by Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMRL) Managing
Director (MD) NVS Reddy, along with secretary to Tourism, Culture & Youth Affairs of
Telangana, B Venkatesham and Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) project
director MP Naidu and others.
5th edition of Aqua Aquaria India for the year 2019 held in Hyderabad
• The 5th edition of Aqua Aquaria India for the year 2019 was held at Hitex International
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana with the theme “To take Blue
Revolution to India's hinterland”. It was inaugurated by the Vice President of India, Shri M.
Venkaiah Naidu. The 3-day biennial event was organized by the Marine Products Export
Development Authority (MPEDA) under the Commerce Ministry. It is the largest aquaculture
exhibition in India.
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurates food park of Telangana
• Union Minister of food processing industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal, inaugurated the first Mega
Food Park of Telangana that is promoted by Smart Agro Food Park at Lakkampally village,
Nizamabad, Telangana. total of Rs 14,000 crore turnover is expected through this food park
with 50,000 job generation and would also benefit 1 lakh farmers.
Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao presents Rs 1.46 lakh crore annual budget for FY 20
• Chief Minister(CM) of Telangana, Shri K Chandrashekar Rao presented the annual budget for
2019-20 of Rs 1.46 lakh crore. The total expenditure in 2019-20 pegged at Rs 1,82,017 crore
(Revenue expenditure: Rs 1,31,629 crore and Capital expenditure: Rs 32,815 crore). Maximum
allocation was made towards Farmers' welfare amounting to Rs. 12,000 crore.
Telangana declares 2020 as Artificial Intelligence(AI) year
• The Telangana state Government will celebrate 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by
organising multiple programs and activities related to the new age technology throughout the
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year. The decision comes in the backdrop of the emerging talent workforce and renewed focus
by industry and other ecosystem players on this space in the past four to five years.
Telangana begins to celebrate the floral festival, Bathukamma for the year 2019
• Bathukamma, a 9-day wonderful festival of flowers celebrated by the women on a grand scale
has commenced in the Warangal city of Telangana on September 28, 2019, & will conclude on
October 6, 2019. The festival is celebrated for the entire 9 days of Navratri (begins on the day
of Mahalaya Amavasya and ends on Saddula Bathukamma festival on Durgashtami, two days
before Dussehra).
Telugu film comedian Venu madhav passes away in Secunderabad, Telangana
• Venu Madhav, an Indian Telugu film actor, television presenter, mimicry artist, and comedian
has passed away in a corporate hospital in Secunderabad, Telangana after suffering from liver
and renal related ailment. He was 50.
Tripura
A 3-day long traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded in Agartala, Tripura
• A 3-day long traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded with boat race & swimming
competitions at Rudrasagar lake in Agartala, Tripura. Neermahal is a water palace constructed
by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya in the middle of Rudrasagar lake in 1930 as
Manikya’s summer spot being greatly inspired by Mughal style of architecture.
Uttarkhand
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launches “Mukhya Mantri Dal Poshit Yojana” in the
state
• Chief Minister(CM) of UttarakhandshriTrivendra Singh Rawat has launched “MukhyaMantri
Dal PoshitYojana” scheme in which ration card holders will be provided 2kg of pulses at
subsidised price every month in the state. The scheme was launched as part of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s vision of healthy India.
Uttar Pradesh
‘Terracotta Grinder’ Launched by KVIC at Varanasi to Re-use wasted pottery
• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) based at Mumbai, has launched ‘Terracotta
grinder’ at Sewapuri, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is manufactured under KVIC’s project REPLAN
(REducingPLAstic in Nature) and grinds waste and broken pottery items for reuse in pottery
making. It is designed by KVIC chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena and Fabricated by
Rajkot(Gujarat) based engineering unit.
WB to fund UP’s “Pro-Poor Tourism”(PPT) Development Project worth $57 million
• World Bank (WB) announced its partnership to fund the Uttar Pradesh(UP) government’s ‘pro-
poor tourism’ (PPT) development projects with funding worth more than $57 million. PPT
project is a poverty alleviation concept by the UP government in tourism hubs with 70%
funding from the WB and the remaining by the UP government.
“C-plan” app to aid community policing by UP police launched
• Uttar Pradesh (UP) police have launched a new app name “C-app” in its new police
headquarters at Lucknow, UP to aid community policing throughout the state whereby the
police would be involved in tracking anti-social elements in time. This app helps at being
informed about communal tensions and also in verifying the received information.
PM Shri Narendra Modi launched NADCP in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
• Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi launched National Animal Disease Control
Programme (NADCP) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and Mathura Member of Parliament (MP) Hema Malini. NADCP aims to control
the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in the livestock by 2025 and eradicate them
by 2030.
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PM Modi Launched “Swachhta Hi Seva 2019” campaign at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

• Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi launched nationwide campaign “Swachhta Hi Seva
2019”(SHS) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh(UP). The theme for 2019 is ‘plastic waste awareness
and management’. This SHS which means “Cleanliness is service” is observed from 11th
September to October 2nd 2019 as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). Read full details
here: PM Modi Launched “Swachhta Hi Seva 2019” campaign at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Country's first Central Police University to be built in Greater Noida,Uttar Pradesh
• India’s first Central Police University will be established in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh near
the Yamuna Expressway with the aim to improve the law and order of the country. In-Principle
approval has been given by the centre for the establishment of the university and 100 acres of
land has also been identified for this in Sector Techzone, Greater Noida. The Greater Noida
Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has also confirmed the allocation of land for the
Police University for Rs 372 crore.
Children's week organized in Anganwadi centers of the Uttar Pradesh from 16 - 21 September,
2019
• Children's week celebrated from September 16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadi centers in Uttar
Pradesh. As September is named as Nutrition Month, a variety of activities are taking place at
the Anganwadi centers across the state. Mamta Day was organized on the first day of children's
week as a part of bal suposhan utsav. Mothers cooked food from their homes and brought them
to the Anganwadi centers and fed the children in groups.
Pilot Project for ‘Industry 4.0’ launched at the Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
• The Ministry of Railways and Department of Science & Technology in partnership with Indian
Institute of Technology(IIT) Kanpur launched a pilot project for implementation of ,‘Industry
4.0’ which is a subset of the 4th industrial revolution, at Modern Coach Factory (MCF) at
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh (UP). This launched project, would be undertaken under the aegis of
“Technology Mission for Indian Railways” (TMIR). Read full details here: Pilot Project for
‘Industry 4.0’ launched at the Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
Tribal Affairs Ministry inaugurates National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav 2019” in Noida,
Uttar Pradesh
• The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Shri Renuka Singh has inaugurated the National Tribal
Festival, ‘Adi Mahotsav 2019‘, which focuses on rich tribal culture, crafts, food and commerce,
at India Expo Centre, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (UP). Organized by the tribal ministry, the Festival
has70 stalls of the exhibition cum-sale center, where tribal handicrafts, art, paintings, textiles,
jewelry has been displayed. About 200 tribal artisans from all over the country participated in
this festival.
Rs.6000 rupees will be given annually to women suffering from triple talaq: UP Govt.
• Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government led by its Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath will provide an
annual assistance of Rs. 6,000 to the triple talaq victims till their rehabilitation and also they
will get free legal aid.
WestBengal
West Bengal assembly passes (Prevention of Lynching) Bill, 2019 to prevent and punish mob
assaults and lynching
• In view of the increasing case of mob lynching, the West Bengal Assembly passed (Prevention
of Lynching) Bill, 2019, which aims to protect the constitutional rights of vulnerable persons
and prevent incidents of lynching. The bill also proposes action against those involved in
perpetrating the crime.
India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance Hub inaugurated in Kolkata, West Bengal
• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) inaugurated India’s first National Antimicrobial
Resistance (AMR) Hub in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was developed by ICMR in association with
the United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services. ICMR director-general
Balram Bhargava, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) director Shanta
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Dutta and US ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster were among the dignitaries present at the
inaugural ceremony.
5th Indian International Science Festival to be held in Kolkata
• The Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare,
Dr. Harsh Vardhan announced to organise the 5th edition of the Indian International Science
Festival (IISF) in Kolkata, West Bengal from November 5 to 8. The theme for 2019 is “RISEN
India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation”. The event will be held at
Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Science City, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
(SRFTI), Bose Institute and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology(IICB) in Kolkata.
West bengal’s Midnapore railway station became the 5000th railway station to be Wi-fi
enabled
• Midnapore railway station of West Bengal became the 5000th railway station to be enabled
with Wi-fi. The project for providing Wi-fi was started by RailTel in 2016, with Mumbai central
railway station being the first for wifi implementation. Mumbai central railway station was the
first to have fast and free RailWire.
Other Important National Affairs

Central government to invest Rs 25,000 crore in different sectors of fisheries in next 5 years
• With an aim to improve the fisheries sector, the Union government has plans to invest Rs.
25,000 crore in different sectors of fisheries in the next 5 years. It will help in the
accomplishment of the goals of the ambitious Blue Revolution (Fisheries) project. Read full
details here: Central Government To Invest Rs 25,000 Crore In Different Sectors Of
Fisheries In Next 5 Years.
DST selects IIT-Delhi & IIT Kharagpur to establish shared science and technology
infrastructure facility SATHI
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and IIT Kharagpur have been selected by the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) to establish a shared science and technology
infrastructure facility named Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI).
DST will provide Rs 125 Crore over a period of 3 years, starting from 2019-20, to set up SATHI.
Health ministry proposes the Health Care Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments
(Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019
• In order to address the issue of violence faced by doctors and the damages caused to clinical
establishment properties, the Union health ministry has decided to propose a legislation bill
titled “The Health Care Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence
and Damage to Property) Bill”, 2019, which provides 10yr imprisonment treating it as a non-
bailable offence and fine of upto Rs.10 lakhs to a person assaulting doctor or other health care
personnel.
Food ministry announces single-use plastic bottles ban from Sep 15
• Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan announced the ban of
single-use plastic bottles in various departments and Public Sector Units(PSU) which also
includes the Food Corporation of India (FCI). The ban becomes effective from September 15
onwards.
Union environment ministry to draft a master plan for tigers at high altitude
• Union environment minister Shri Prakash Javadekar (also information & broadcasting
minister) decided to draft a master plan for the tigers after releasing a report on the presence
of tigers in high altitude ecosystems prepared by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF).
Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed,
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi & Dawood Ibrahim have been declared as individual terrorists
• The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a gazette notification stating Jaish-e-
Mohammad (JeM) chief and Pulwama terror attack (February 14, 2019) mastermind Maulana
Masood Azhar, Jamaat ud Dawa chief and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT's
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chief operational commander and 26/11 attack key accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and
United Nations (UN) designated global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim as individual terrorists under
Clause (a) of Sub-section (1) of Section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA),
1967. They are the first individuals to be designated as terrorists under the law.
5 public institutes were awarded IoE status by the HRD Ministry
• Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD) awarded Institute of Eminence (IoE)
status to a total of 5 institutions, and Letter of Intent (LoI) for granting the IoE to 5 private
universities, based on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission(UGC). The
universities with IoE status are Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University, University of
Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, and IIT-Kharagpur. Read full details here:
5 public institutes were awarded IoE status by the HRD Ministry
Govt. launches POSHAN Maah 2019 campaign to promote ‘eat right India movement’
• Union Health Minister Shri Harsh Vardhan launched mass media campaign POSHAN Maah
(nutrition campaign) 2019 to promote the “eat right India movement” (launched 10th July
2018) to improve public health and combat negative nutritional trends. The campaign will
have weekly themes in the upcoming 365 days. The three major pillars for the programare : Eat
Safe, Eat Healthy and Eat Sustainably.
An upcoming movie 'Coolie No.1' is the first Bollywood film which is set to go plastic-free
• An upcoming movie featuring Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal named Coolie
No. 1 is the first Bollywood film to go plastic-free. The film, directed by David Dhawan and
produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshika Deshmukh will be released on
May 1, 2020.
SRB Increased By 13 Points In 4 Years; Stood At 931 In 2018-19
• Women and Child Development and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani notified that the Sex Ratio at
Birth (SRB) increased by 13 points nationally since the implementation of the Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao (BBBP) programme from 918 in 2014-15 to 931 in 2018-19. These figures vary from
the second Health Index Report released by NITI (National Institution for Transforming India)
Aayog in June 2019 which showed decline in SRB in 12 out of 21 states between 2013-15 and
2014-16. Read full details here: SRB increased by 13 points in 4 years; Stood at 931 in
2018-19
India Has Seen An Improvement In Overall Life Expectancy At Birth To 69 Years: SRS 2013-17
• According to the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) document named "SRS Based Abridged Life
Tables, 2013-17" released by the Registrar General of India, the overall life expectancy at birth
in India improved to 69 years from 68.7 years in 2012-16. As per SRS 2013-17, women are
expected to live for 70.4 years and men for 67.8 years. Read full details here: India has seen
an improvement in overall life expectancy at birth to 69 years: SRS 2013-17.
PM of India & Nepal jointly inaugurate South Asia’s first cross-border petroleum products
pipeline from Motihari in India to Amlekhgunj in Nepal
• Prime Minister (PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi and PM of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli jointly
inaugurated South Asia’s first cross-border petroleum products pipeline of 69-km from
Motihari in Bihar, India to Amlekhgunj in Nepal through video conference.
India declares free from H5N1 avian influenza
• India has been declared free from H5N1 avian influenza (commonly known as bird flu) by OIE
(Office International des Epizooties)-World Organisation for Animal Health. The flu was last
reported in 2017 with disease outbreaks in Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
DPIIT launched plastic waste management ‘Swachhta hi Sewa 2019’ campaign on September
11, 2019
• The Department of Promotion and Industry and Internal Trade(DPITT) under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry launched ‘Swachhta hi Sewa 2019′ campaign on September 11, 2019
as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to action against plastic waste from industrial
estates, parks and other areas by all states and Union Territories(UT). The theme of the
campaign is Plastic Waste Management.
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India joins as a 16th member of global AMR research hub

• Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science & Technology, in New Delhi, has
announced that Indiahas joined as the new and 16th member of the Global Antimicrobial
Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R & D) hub. This partnership would address the
challenges and enhance collaboration in the AMR research of the 16 countries, European
Commission, 2 philanthropic foundations and 4 International organisations.
India is the fourth country in the world to export bulletproof jackets to over 100 countries
• According to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India is the fourth country in the world to have
its own national standard on bulletproof jackets after the United States, United Kingdom and
Germany, which provides 360-degree protection. They are manufactured at 2 Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) Medani and Ordnance factory at Avadi, Chennai and private firms SNPP
(Palwal), Starwire (Faridabad) in Haryana and MKU (originally incorporated as M Kumar
Udyog) in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Rail project connecting Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) to be completed by 2020:
Jitendra Singh
• The union minister of state (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
(DoNER), Dr. Jitendra Singh stated that the 15 km railway route between Agartala (Tripura)
and Akhaura (Bangladesh) through Nischintapur in Indo-Bangla border will be started in 2020
while meeting the Indian Ambassador to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das in New Delhi.
MoS for Health & Family Welfare Aswini Kumar Choubey announces plans to set up National
Genomic Grid for cancer research
• Union Minister of State (MoS) for Health & Family Welfare Aswini Kumar Choubey announced
the plan to set up National Genomic Grid for cancer research in line with the National Cancer
Tissue Biobank (NCTB) set up at the Indian Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. This
was announced by the minister on the sidelines of the launch of the campaign War Against
Cancer at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches India’s First Maritime Communication Services And CEIR
System In India
• Nelco, a security service provider company of the TATA group, announced the launch of
maritime communication services. By this launch, Nelco became the first Indian company to
provide broadband services in maritime sector. This communication service that provides
uninterrupted Broadband internet to any maritime vessel sailing in Indian waters was
launched by Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and
Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in Mumbai along with pilot launch of Central
Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) system to track stolen mobile phones. Read full details
here: Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches India’s First Maritime Communication Services And
CEIR System In India.
GSTN makes Aadhaar verification or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from
January 1, 2020
• The group of ministers of Good and Service Tax Network (GSTN) headed by Sushil Kumar
Modi (Bihar deputy chief minister) notified that all the new dealers will have to mandatorily
make Aadhaar verification or physical verification from January 1, 2020. This move is aimed to
check malpractices in GST.
Special training program for Maldivian civil servants to be run from September 16 – 28, 2019
at Mussoorie and New Delhi
• India will conduct a two-week special training programme (STP) for 32-member delegation
(70% of delegates are women officials) of Maldivian Civil Servants at the Mussoorie
(Uttarakhand) and New Delhi from 16 - 28 September 2019. The training drive is a part of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on ‘Training and Capacity Building Programme’
between India’s National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and Maldives Civil Service
Commission (CSC) signed by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi during his visit to Male
,Maldives in June 2019.
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Public Premises (Eviction Of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019 Comes Into
Effect
• The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019 which
provides for the eviction of unauthorized occupants from public premises in certain cases has
come into effect. It amends the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act,
1971. The new bill is expected to increase the availability of government residential
accommodations for eligible beneficiaries and reduce the waiting period. Read full details
here: Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019
comes into effect
New Amendments Made To The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2011
• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified that it has amended the rules governing the
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2011. As per the amended rules, the individuals
who receive gifts up to Rs 1 lakhare not required to inform the government. Before the
amendment, the threshold limit was Rs 25,000 as per the market value of the gift in India. Read
full details here: New Amendments Made To The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,
2011
Indian Railways undertakes "Massive Shramdan" drive with main focus on collection of plastic
waste
• The Indian Railways has once again carrying out a “Massive Shramdan” drive movement aimed
at collecting plastic waste from all railway premises to create awareness for a greater impact
against single-use plastic.
EAM and MHRD launched PhD fellowship programme for ASEAN students in IITs
• External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India Dr S Jaishankar and Minister of Human Resource
Development (MHRD) Mr Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched the PhD (Doctor of
Philosophy) fellowship programme, initially launched by the Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA), in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for the students from Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN). In January 2018, prime minister Modi had notified to offer 1000
integrated PhD fellowships for ASEAN students in IITs at the 25th Anniversary ASEAN-India
Commemorative Summit in New Delhi.
Indian Railways for the first time installed PET bottle crush machine in Mumbai Rajdhani
express
• For the first time in India, Indian Railways installed Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle
crush machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Express which runs between Mumbai Central and New
Delhi. It was implemented by the Western Railways as part of the Indian Railways' Swachh
Bharat and Go Green missions associated with the ban of single-use plastic imposed by the
Centre. This machine can crush up to 3,000 bottles per day. It has an internal storage bin of
approx 20 litres which is equivalent to 1500 bottles.
Open defecation decreased by 47 % between 2000 - 2017 in India: WHO/UNICEF Joint
Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2019
• As per the WHO/UNICEF (World Health Organization/United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund) Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene,
report 2019, “Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2017: Special focus on
inequalities”, the open defecation practices in India between 2000 and 2017 has decreased by
47 % & 43 % of Indian people have gained access to basic sanitation facilities.
HRD ministry announces National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) Scheme for
Higher Education learning outcomes
• Union Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD) has announced a new scheme
named National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) for better learning outcomes in
higher education and is expected to be operational in early november 2019. The main objective
of this scheme is to use Artificial Intelligence(AI) in making personalized learning. AICTE (All
India Council for Technical Education) will be the implementing agency of this scheme.
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Beneficiaries under PMMVY scheme crossed 1 crore

• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) achieved a mark of reaching 1 crore
(1,00,11,200) beneficiaries in India. The total amount disbursed under the scheme crossed Rs.
4,000 crores. It is a flagship scheme of the Government for Pregnant Women and Lactating
Mothers (PW&LM). It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which PW&LM receive a
cash benefit of Rs. 5,000 in three installments on fulfilling certain conditions.
NASSCOM’s DSCI, MeitY And Google India Launched A Nationwide ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’
• The National Association of Software and Services Company’s (NASSCOM) Data Security
Council of India (DSCI), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Google
India had collaborated together to launch a nationwide awareness campaign ‘Digital Payment
Abhiyan‘. The campaign was launched by the Communications and Electronics & Information
Technology (IT) Minister Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Google for India event in New Delhi.
Read full details here: NASSCOM’s DSCI, MeitY And Google India Launched A Nationwide
‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’.
Sitharaman handed over the 12th-century Buddha statue brought back from London to the
Minister of Culture
• The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over the 12th-century Buddha statue to
Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.The statue was stolen 57 years ago and was finally
acquired during an auction in Masstricht ,Netherlands organized by dealer Rossi & Rossi
(London). This 12th century statue of Buddha was stolen from the Museum of Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) in Nalanda,Bihar in August 1961.
Govt gives special attention to 250 Districts under Poshan Maah
• The central government is giving special attention to those 250 Districts of India where the
malnutrition level is higher than the national average during the celebration of “Rashtriya
Poshan Maah” (National Nutrition Month), the entire month of September, 2019 with the
theme of ‘Complementary Feeding’. 5 pillars of Poshan Maah are the importance of First 1000
days of the Child, Anaemia, Diarrhoea, Hand Wash and Sanitation and Poshtik.
President Ram Nath Kovind Approved The Promulgation Of The Prohibition Of Electronic
Cigarettes Ordinance, 2019
• President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind approved the Promulgation of the Prohibition of
Electronic Cigarettes (production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution,
storage and advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 after the cabinet approved it on September 18,
2019. Electronic Cigarettes/ e-Cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produce aerosol by
heating a solution containing nicotine, which is the addictive substance in combustible
cigarettes. Read full details here: President Ram Nath Kovind Approved The Promulgation
Of The Prohibition Of Electronic Cigarettes Ordinance, 2019
CBDT sets up NeAC & appoints Krishna Mohan Prasad as its first Principal Chief Commissioner
of Income Tax of NeAC
• Central Board of Direct Tax(CBDT) has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for
electronically assessing the tax returns which would reduce the human interventions thereby
reducing the possibility of corruption. CBDT has also appointed 1984 batch Indian Revenue
Service (IRS) officer Krishna Mohan Prasad as the first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income
Tax(Pr.CCIT) of NeAC.
Home Minister Amit Shah announced first ever “digital census” in 2021
• During the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of a new building of
Registrar General of India (Janganana Bhawan/Census Building) in New Delhi, which conducts
the census exercise, Union Minister of Home Affairs(MHA) Shri Amit Shah, announced to
conduct first-ever “digital census” in 2021. t will be a transformation from paper census to
digital census as mobile app will be used to collect data.
UIDAI announces applying for Aadhaar on arrival by NRIs without 182-day wait
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced that Non-resident Indians (NRIs)
with valid Indian passport could apply for the Aadhaar on arrival, without the need to wait for
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182-day period by scheduling a prior appointment. A valid Indian passport will be accepted as
proof of identity, proof of address (PoA) and date of birth document.
Govt hikes family pension for Central govt. employee dying within 7 years of service from 30 to
50 %
• The government has hiked the family pension for the govt. employee who dies within 7 years
of service. He/she will now avail the pension at 50% of the last pay drawn from previous 30%
for a period of 10 years. This hike will come into effect from October 1, 2019 after the govt.
amended Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 recently.
DDWS, Jal Shakti Ministry and GoI launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029)
• Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of
India(GoI) launched 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029) to focus on sustaining the
change in sanitation behaviour that has been achieved under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
(SBM-G). This is done to dedicate the Swachh Bharat to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth
anniversary by ensuring increase in access to solid and liquid waste management and also
ensuring no one is left behind. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti,
launched the strategy book.
PIO cards along with foreign passport will continue as valid travel document till March 31,
2020
• The Indian Consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) stated that, the Bureau of
Immigration (BoI) will now accept Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards as valid travel
document till 31 March 2020 along with valid foreign passport. The Immigration Check Post(s)
in India will continue to allow all PIO cards valid for exit/entry into India till 31 March 2020.
GoI (Government of India) had earlier advised that the conversion of all Persons of Indian
Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards had to be done by September
30, 2019.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
WHO South-East Asia Region set to eliminate measles & rubella by 2023
• In a bid to prevent deaths and disabilities, Member countries of WHO (World Health
Organisation) South-East Asia Region have vowed to eradicate the highly infectious childhood
killers diseases of measles & rubella by 2023. etting the goal of elimination of both these
diseases was taken during the 72nd session of the Regional Committee of southeast Asia of
WHO in New Delhi. Read full details here: WHO South-East Asia Region set to eliminate
measles & rubella by 2023. Read full details here: WHO South-East Asia Region Set To
Eliminate Measles & Rubella By 2023.
India participated in 84th Edition of TIF 2019 in Greece
• India participates in the 84th Edition of Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) for the year 2019
in Greece from 7-15 September 2019. Indian delegation was led by Minister of State (MoS) for
Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri. The New India Pavilion: It was inaugurated by
the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Minister of State
for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri. The rank of India in the Global Innovation
Index (GII) 2019 is 52 amongst 129 countries in the list.
Thailand became the first Asian nation to unveil plain cigarette packaging
Thailand became the first Asian nation to unveil plain cigarette packaging to reduce the appeal
of smoking and complied with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) guidelines. Australia
became the first country to require tobacco products to be sold without colourful brand logos
in 2012.
Eritrea tops the list of 10 countries in press censorship by CPJ
• New York-based media watchdog “Committee to Protect Journalists” (CPJ) released “10 Most
Censored Countries list” that have high press censorship. The list was topped by East African
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country Eritrea that shut all independent media in 2001and has only 1% of the country’s
population in internet penetration. Eritrea is followed by North Korea and Turkmenistan in the
second and third place respectively.
SL’s new luxury train Pulathisi Express by Indian railways ‘make in india’ product flagged off
• The new luxurious train of Sri Lanka(SL), Pulathisi Express which was produced under the
‘Make in India’ project of the Indian Railways was launched. The president of SL Shri
Maithripala Sirisena flagged off the new train from Fort railway station in Colombo to
Polonnaruwa, North central province of SL. Earlier, an agreement was signed between Indian
Railways and Sri Lanka Railways for supply six DEMU train sets to Sri Lanka.
U.S. designates TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud as global terrorist on the eve of the 18th
anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
• On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the United States (US) Department of
State designated the chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Noor Wali Mehsud,
also known as Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' (SDGT).
TTP has held over 1400 terrorists attacks in Pakistan in last 12 years.
Vietnam unveils southeast asia’s largest solar power farm
• Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm called ‘Dau Tieng Solar
Power Complex’. It occupies 540 hectares in Tay Ninh province, some 100 km from Ho Chi
Minh City, having the capacity to generate 688 million kWh (kilowatt-hour) of electricity
annually. The plant has an investment of over $ 391 million.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Unveiled Lotus Tower- The Tallest Tower Of South
Asia, Funded By China in Colombo
• President of Sri Lanka(SL) Shri Maithripala Sirisena unveiled “Lotus tower” which is the tallest
tower of South Asia that cost over $100 million. 80% of the funding cost of the tower situated
in Colombo, Srilanka has been done by China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It is a
350-meter-tall building having 17 storeys spread over an area of 30,600 sq. metres. Read full
details here: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Unveiled Lotus Tower- The
Tallest Tower Of South Asia, Funded By China In Colombo
Overview Of 44th Toronto International Film Festival For 2019
• The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for 2019 was held from September
5-15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) of the
Government of India in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) participated
in the 44th TIFF. Read full details here: Overview Of 44th Toronto International Film
Festival For 2019.
Tripartite step on Rohingya return agreed by Bangladesh, Myanmar and China
• A tripartite mechanism to monitor and assess on-the-ground repatriation process of the
displaced Rohingya people to Myanmar was jointly agreed by the nations of Bangladesh,
Myanmar and China. 7 lakh 50 thousand refugees mostly women, children, and aged people,
entered in Bangladesh after the Myanmar government rapids the process of ethnic cleansing
in 2016 & 2017, and Rohingya were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh beginning from
August 25, 2017.
For the first time, Saudi Arabia to offer tourist visas
• Saudi Arabia will offer tourist visas for the first time as a measure to expand its economy away
from oil. As a part, it will open applications for online tourist visas to citizens of 49 countries. It
also launched e-tourist visa during the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage
(SCTH) in Riyadh.
Nepal’s biggest hindu festival named Bada Dashain begun
• The greatest and longest hindu festival of Nepal named as Bada Dashain formally began. The
first day of this Dashain marks the beginning of Navaratri festival too. Seeds of maize, wheat,
barley, etc are sowed in a “Ghada” (earthen pot) and kept in houses or temples as part of the
vedic tradition.
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VISITS
Indian Visits
Overview of France's NSA Emmanuel Bonne visit to India
• Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Adviser and G7 Sherpa to French President Emmanuel Macron,
arrived in New Delhi for the biannual Indo-French Strategic Dialogue 2019. He is also the
National Security Advisor (NSA) of France. He met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval
and spoke on all aspects of the Indo-French strategic partnership, major regional and
international issues, and G7 priorities on global challenges backed by India.
Overview of the PM of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Hon’ble Ralph Everard Gonsalves’s
visit to India from September 8-12, 2019
• The Prime Minister (PM) of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Hon’ble Ralph Everard
Gonsalves visited India on September 8-12, 2019. He became the first-ever Prime Minister of
St. Vincent and the Grenadines to make an official visit to India. Read full details here:
Overview of the PM Of St. Vincent And The Grenadines Dr. Hon’ble Ralph Everard
Gonsalves’s Visit To India From September 8-12, 2019
Overview Of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Visit To India
• The governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy, paid a six-city tour to India from September 15-22,
2019 with focus on inviting companies to invest and create jobs. By this visit, Phil Murphy
became the 1st governor of the US (United States) state to visit India.
MoU’s signed in Gujarat:
 New Jersey and Gujarat signed ‘sister state agreement’ MoU for cooperation in economic
development, clean energy, higher education, tourism, cultural exchange, health and also trade-
investment.
 The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)- Gandhinagar signed MoU with 4 universities in New
Jersey for collaboration in academia and research.
MoU’s in Delhi:
 National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has signed an MoU with
VentureLink @NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology) and Choose New Jersey(NJ), to create
a “Nasscom Launchpad”.
 Princeton University in New Jersey has signed two MoUs with IIT Delhi and ReNew power,
which is India’s largest independent renewable energy producer for exploration in clean
energy research with Andlinger Center for Energy
MoU’s in Telangana:
 Telangana and New jersey has signed a sister state partnership agreement in Hyderabad, the
capital of Telangana.
 A pact was signed with Active Telugu Film Producers Guild with New Jersey to support film
production.
 T-hub signed a tripartite MoU with Choose New Jersey’, an economic development organisation
and ‘VentureLink’.
MoU’s in Mumbai:
TiE Mumbai, New Jersey City University (NJCU) & Choose New Jersey entered into an MoU for
the purpose of promoting technology and technology-based investment exchanges between
India and New Jersey. Read full details here: Overview of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
visit to India
Overview Of Mongolian President Battulga’s Visit To India
• President of the Republic of Mongolia His Excellency Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga paid a visit to
India from 19-23 September 2019. He was received by Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju and
was given a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on his arrival. It is the first
state visit by a Mongolian president in the last 10 years.
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 The two nations signed 4 Memoranda of Understandings(MoU)- CulturalExchangeProtocol

from 2019-2023, Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction, Cooperation and
Usage of Outer Space for peaceful and civilian purposes, Comprehensive Work Plan for
cooperation in the field of Animal Health and Dairy.
 Shri Modi and Battulga, jointly unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha and his two disciples,
installed at the historic Gandan Tegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar through video
conference via remote.
 FICCI organized “Joint Business Meeting in honour Mr Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of
Mongolia” with other industry chambers in New Delhi. The meet was addressed by Mr
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Government of
India.Read full details here: Overview of Mongolian President Battulga's Visit to India
Deputy Prime Minister And Commerce Minister Of Thailand Jurin Laksanawisit Visited India
For The 1st Time
• The Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister of Thailand Mr Jurin Laksanawisit was on
a first trade visit to Mumbai and Chennai, India to promote Thai products from September 25-
28, 2019.
 Mr Jurin Laksanawisit launched the Agri-Trade Supply Chain Alliance (ATSCHA) which will
ease the trade relations and increase trade commodity supply between the countries.
 A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Association of Furniture
Manufacturers & Traders, India and Thai Hevae Wood Association; Thailand-India Business
Council and GlobalLinker to create an online platform for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises) from both countries.
 Thailand and India signed agreements worth Rs 2,400 crore to boost trade ties in the field
of rubber, construction material, food and beverages, logistics. Read full details here:
Deputy Prime Minister And Commerce Minister Of Thailand Jurin Laksanawisit
Visited India For The 1st Time
Foreign Visits
Overview of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan’s visit to
Russia
• Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited
Moscow, Russia from August 29-30, 2019 on the invitation of Minister of Energy of Russian
Federation Mr Alexander Novak to strengthen bilateral relationship between India and Russia
in energy and steel sectors. Read full details here: Overview Of Union Minister Of Petroleum
And Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan’s Visit To Russia
Overview Of EAM Dr. S Jaishankar’s Visit To Maldives For IOC 2019
• External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar visited Male, Maldives on September
3-4, 2019 which was his first high-level bilateral visit from India to Maldives after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit on June 8-9, 2019.
 He also participated in the 4th edition of Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) 2019.
 India and Maldives signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) on criminal matters
which aims to increase the effectiveness in investigation and prosecution of crime, through
cooperation and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters of both countries. It was the
first MLAT signed by Maldives. Read full details here: Overview Of EAM Dr. S Jaishankar’s
Visit To Maldives For IOC 2019
Overview of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Japan and South Korea
• The Defence Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh visited Japan and South Korea. He held a 5-
day visit to the countries with an aim to strengthen military and defence from September 2-6,
2019.
Visit to Japan
 Japan-India-U.S trilateral maritime exercise “MALABAR 2019” will be held from late
September to early October, 2019.
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 Mr Rajnath Singh co-chaired the Japan – India Defence Ministerial Meeting 2019 with
Defence Minister of Japan Mr Takeshi lwaya in Tokyo, Japan.
Visit to South Korea
 8th Edition of Seoul Defence Dialogue 2019 was held with the theme “Building Peace
Together: Challenges and Visions” in Seoul, South Korea.
 India and South Korea signed 2 Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to enhance defence
educational exchanges and extend logistical support to each other’s Navies. It will help to
enhance defence cooperation between India-Republic of Korea. Read full details here:
Overview of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Japan and South Korea
Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Vladivostok, Russia
• It was the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Far East Region of Russia. He participated as
the Chief Guest at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) for 2019.
 He attended the 20th India-Russia Annual Summit for 2019.
 India and Russia have signed 30 MoUs to promote trade and investment.
 India and Russia decided to hold a joint high level tiger forum in the year 2020.
 PM Modi participated in the 20th India-Russia Annual Summit for 2019 held in Vladivostok,
Russia.
 Russia has offered India the submarines for Navy’s Project 75I on the basis of an Inter
Governmental Agreement (IGA).
 PM Modi presided over the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) for 2019 as the Chief Guest
in Vladivostok, Russia.
 India expressed cooperation in hydrocarbon sector for 2019-24 with Russia. Read full
details here: Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Vladivostok,
Russia.
Overview Of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s Visit To Indonesia And Singapore From
September 4-10, 2019
• The External Affairs Minister(EAM) of India, Dr S Jaishankar paid an official visit to Indonesia
and Singapore from September 4-10, 2019.
Visit to Indonesia (September 04-06, 2019)
 India and Indonesia have committed to reach a target of$50 billion bilateral trade by 2025.
In 2018, the trade between the two nations crossed $20 billion.
Visit to Singapore (September 6-10, 2019)
 India-Singapore: The Next Phase- Business and Innovation Summit 2019 was inaugurated
at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.
 EAM visited InSpreneur3.0 -Start-up and Innovation Exhibition 2019 along with his
Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan.
 6th Joint Ministerial Commission for 2019 was chaired by External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar and his Singapore counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan. Read full details here:
Overview Of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s Visit To Indonesia And
Singapore From September 4-10, 2019.
Overview of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar's visit to Poland and Belgium
• The External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India Dr S Jaishankar made an official visit to Poland
and Belgium. It is the first visit of an Indian EAM to Poland since 1987. EAM officially launched
a direct flight services between Warsaw, Russia and New Delhi operated by LOT Polish
Airlines, scheduled for September 2019. Read full details here: Overview Of External Affairs
Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s Visit To Poland And Belgium
Overview Of EAM Dr S Jaishankar’s Visit To Finland
• The External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India, Dr S Jaishankar made an official visit to Finland
from 19-21 September, 2019. It was his first visit to Finland, after assuming charge as EAM. He
unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Helsinki, sculpted by Gautam Pal. It was gifted by the
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India to the Government of Finland
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to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhiji. Read full details here: Overview Of
EAM Dr S Jaishankar’s Visit To Finland.
Overview Of Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal 2 Day Visit To UAE (Sep 21 & 22,
2019)
• The Union Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri.Piyush Goyal has made a two-
day visit to UAE (United Arab Emirates) from 21st – 22nd September 2019 to attend the
meeting of the 7th India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investment (HLTFI).
 Piyush Goyal has unveiled the design of the India Pavilion for ‘Dubai Expo 2020’, in Dubai,
UAE and hailed the recent tax measures as a leap towards making India a hub of
investment.
 India will invest Rs 230 crore to build the India Pavilion at the World Expo 2020, of which
Rs 200 crore will be raised for construction, curation, interiors, maintenance and security
from participation charges, publicity and sponsorships. Read full details here: Overview
Of Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal 2 Day Visit To UAE (Sep 21 & 22,
2019)
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States
• The Prime Minister (PM) of India Mr Narendra Modi visited United States (US) from September
21-27, 2019.
 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between US natural gas company Tellurian Inc.
and Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) of India was signed. PLL will invest $2.5 billion in
Tellurian’s proposed Driftwood LNG (Liquefied natural gas) export terminal, in exchange
for the rights to 5 million metric tons of LNG per year over 40 years. The transaction
agreements will be finalised by March 31, 2020.
 PM Modi attended the “Howdy, Modi” event at NRG stadium in Houston, Texas along with
the US President Donald J Trump.
 PM inaugurated Eternal Gandhi Museum in Houston. He also inaugurated the Gujarati
Samaj Houston Event Centre along with Shri Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Houston.
 PM addressed the 74th Edition of United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit 2019 in New
York, United States which was held under the theme “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race
We Can Win. A Race We Must Win”.
 The India-Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) Leaders’ Meeting was held on
September 24, 2019 in New York
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with UN chief Antonio Guterres and other world
leaders, inaugurated the 50-kilowatt Gandhi Solar Park at the UN Headquarters, New York
and Gandhi Peace Garden at State University of New York College at Old Westbury. Gandhi
Solar Park is funded by India at a cost of 1 million dollars.
 PM Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 at Lincoln Centre by Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA).
 PM addressed the 3rd Edition of Bloomberg Global Business Forum for 2019 which was
held under the theme “Restoring Global Stability” in New York.
 PM Modi co-chaired a India- CARICOM Leaders Meeting 2019 with the member states of the
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) on the margins of the UNGA
meeting. Read full details here: Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To
The United States.
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BANKING & FINANCE

RBI in News
Loans Will Be Cheaper From October 1, 2019 As RBI Makes Repo-Linked Interest Rates
Mandatory
• The Country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has asked banks to link all new types
of floating-rate loans (home, auto loans & and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME))
to external benchmark like repo rate from October 1, 2019. The move comes after the
borrowers of industry and retail loans have been complaining that despite the reduction in the
repo rate by the Reserve Bank, commercial banks are not giving full benefits to the consumers.
Read full details here: Loans Will Be Cheaper From October 1, 2019 As RBI Makes Repo-
Linked Interest Rates Mandatory
RBI barred ESFB from opening new branches
• The apex bank of the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred the Equitas Small
Finance Bank (ESFB) from opening new branches. The decision comes after ESFB missed the
deadline to list its shares on stock exchanges.
RBI selects Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd for developing mobile app for visually impaired
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selected Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd to develop a mobile phone-
based application for visually impaired people to identify currency notes. It informed the
Bombay High Court that an internet connection would not be required for its proposed mobile
application.
An internal group of RBI to assess the adequacy of forex reserves
• An internal group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will frame a formal mechanism to assess
the adequacy of its foreign exchange (forex) reserves. RBI had recently adapted the fresh
Economic Capital Framework (ECF) as recommended by Bimal Jalan Committee on ECF which
noted that RBI’s forex reserves in 2008 were higher than India’s external debt. The panel will
study whether forex reserves are adequate or not and how much reserves are adequate to
cover various risks.'
RBI increases loan exposure limit of banks to a single NBFC (excluding gold loan companies)
from 15% to 20%
• As announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 7,
2019 on ‘Harmonisation of single counterparty exposure limit for banks’ exposures to a single
NBFC with general single counterparty exposure limit’, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
made amendments in the Large Exposures Framework (LEF). It has increased the bank's loan
exposure limit to a single NBFC(non-banking financial company) to 20 % from 15 % of its
eligible capital base. However, this is not applicable to gold loan companies.
RBI reduces the risk weight on consumer credit required by banks from 125 % to 100 %
• The country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the risk weight of consumer
credit, including personal loans from 125 % to 100 %. Now banks will be able to give more
loans to customers for purchasing consumer products such as mobile phones, home
appliances, two-wheelers, and three-wheelers.
RBI proposes new rule to set up Rs 200 crore minimum capital for SFB under 'on tap' license
regime
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has framed new guidelines in licensing Small Finance Banks(SFB)
under ‘On-tap’ regime in order to make more participants in the finance banking section. As
per the new guideline, the SFBs should have Rs. 200 crores minimum capital except for such
small finance banks which are converted from Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs). UCB's should
initially have at least Rs.100 crores from the start of the operation, however, it should make it
to Rs. 200 crores capital within 5 years, from the date of commencement of business. Read full
details here: RBI proposes new rule to set up Rs 200 crore minimum capital for SFB
under 'on tap' license regime
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RBI Panel Chaired By Mahesh Kumar Jain Suggests To Set Up Of A Federal Body Like GST
Council For The Agriculture Sector
• The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) panel has suggested creating an institution like the GST
(Goods and Services Tax) Council to implement reforms in the agricultural sector. It was also
recommended to transfer subsidy directly to the account and avoid debt waiver. Read full
details here: RBI Panel Chaired By Mahesh Kumar Jain Suggests To Set Up Of A Federal
Body Like GST Council For The Agriculture Sector.
Indian Banks’ 2018-19 Savings Deposits Stood At Rs 39.72 Lakh Crore
• According to the Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2018-19 released by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the aggregate savings deposits in the Indian private and public
sector banks (PSBs) reached Rs 39.72 lakh crore as on March 31, 2019. The foreign banks had a
share of Rs 58,630 crore. Read full details here: Indian Banks’ 2018-19 Savings Deposits
Stood At Rs 39.72 Lakh Crore
RBI allows all recurring bill payments through BBPS
• Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has extended the use of the Bharat Bill Payment System(BBPS) for
all recurring(repetitive) payments such as school fees, insurance premiums and municipal
taxes, Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) on a voluntary basis except for prepaid recharges to
extend the scope and coverage of BBPS.
Reserve Bank bars unregulated fintech firms from accessing the consumer credit data
• The country’s central Bank, Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) has directed the banks and non-
banking finance companies (NBFCs) to stop sharing the pattern of consumer’s credit
information held by credit information companies (CICs) with analytics firms , IT (Information
Technology) companies, institutional agents and unregulated parties. The banking bodies have
been given 15 days time period to implement the measure.
RBI & SEBI Jointly Working On A Framework For Accurate Exchange Of Borrower Data
Between Banks And CRAs
• India’s central Banking Institution, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the regulator for the
securities market in India, SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India ) are jointly working
on a framework that will freely enable exchange of borrower information between banks and
credit rating agencies (CRAs) in more accurate manner. Read full details here: RBI &SEBI
Jointly Working On A Framework For Accurate Exchange Of Borrower Data Between
Banks And CRAs
Reserve Bank Comes Out With A New Order Regarding ‘Failed’ Transactions
• The country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with a new order for
banks and payment system operators regarding the failed transaction of customers. Under this,
the time period has been fixed for the disposal of grievances and auto reversal of the amount
on the failed transaction for the banks, which has been termed as Turn Around Time (TAT).
RBI Revises Guidelines On Concurrent Audit System As Per The Recommendations Of An
Expert Committee Headed By Y.H. Malegam
• Following the recommendations of an expert committee headed by Y.H.Malegam, the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has revised the guidelines on concurrent audit system. As per the new
guideline, concurrent auditors will be appointed for a period of not more than 3 years as
against earlier tenure of 5 years & the age limit for retired staff of concurrent auditors will be
capped at 70 years. Read full details here: RBI Revises Guidelines On Concurrent Audit
System As Per The Recommendations Of An Expert Committee Headed By Y.H. Malegam
RBI increased the loan sanction limit for small exporters to Rs 40 crore per borrower from Rs
25 crore
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the loan sanction limit for small exporters as
priority sector lending (PSL) by banks to Rs 40 crore per borrower from Rs 25 crore in order to
boost credit to the export sector.
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RBI bans PMC Bank, account holders will not be able to withdraw more than 1000 in a day
• The country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has prohibited Punjab and
Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited (PMC) on business transactions of any kind for the
next 6 months following the detection of alleged irregularities. The RBI has taken this action
under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
RBI Placed Lakshmi Vilas Bank Under Prompt Corrective Action(PCA) Framework
• The country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put the Prompt Corrective Action
(PCA) Framework against Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) after an inquiry against the directors of
the bank over the alleged fraud. RBI puts the bank in PCA due to reasons like high net NPA
(Non Performing Assets), insufficient capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CRR) and Common
Equity Tier 1 (CET1) negative RoA (Return on assets) for two consecutive years. Read full
details here: RBI Placed Lakshmi Vilas Bank Under Prompt Corrective Action(PCA)
Framework
Loans issued by banks/others

Loan issued by Received by Amount Points to be noted
Asian Development Maharashtra $ 200 To upgrade about 2,100 kilometers of
Bank (ADB) million rural roads to all-weather standards in
(about Rs Maharashtra’s 34 districts for better
1,400 connecting rural areas with markets and
crore) services. Under the project, a provision of
contractual maintenance for 5 years
following construction has also been
provided. In addition to the loan amount, $1
million will be provided for institutional
strengthening of the Maharashtra
Rural Roads Development Association.
Agreements/MoU’s Signed
Bank Signed with Points to be noted
Central Bank of India (CBI) Edelweiss Financial Entered into an agreement for
Services, ECL Finance priority sector lending to Micro,
Limited Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME). This is the first such
partnership which was made
following the announcement of a
progressive co-origination policy
issued by the RBI (Reserve Bank of
India)in September 2018.
State Bank of India (SBI) Employees' State For the Direct Benefit Transfer
Insurance Corporation (DBT) facility to all the insured
(ESIC) beneficiaries of ESIC. As per the
agreement, SBI will provide e-
payment services to all the
beneficiaries of ESIC directly in their
bank account.
State Bank of India (SBI) ECL Finance Limited Entered into an agreement for
priority sector lending (PSL) to
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME). This is a third
such co-origination tie-up for
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Edelweiss after the Bank of

Baroda(BoB) and Central Bank of
India(CBI).
PayU ZestMoney To provide payment technology to
online merchants to offer cardless
EMI (equated monthly installment)
payment option to consumers.
ZestMoney, which has diverse
customer base spread across
different segments and risk profiles,
aims to offer loans of amount
starting from Rs 1,000 - Rs 5 lakh as
per the demand of the customer
anywhere.
Indian Bank Max Bupa To provide Max bupa’s suite of
health insurance products to its
customers. The product portfolio
comprises Max Bupa’s both retail &
group health insurance products
besides Indemnity and Fixed Benefit
products.
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Bharti Airtel To offer prepaid plan for its users
along with insurance protection
plan. Airtel has brought a special
prepaid plan of Rs 599, in which
customers will get 2GB (gigabyte)
data per day, unlimited calling and
100 SMS (Short Message Service)
per day on any network, as well as a
life insurance cover of Rs 4 lakh
from Bharti AXA Life Insurance.
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) Paisalo Digital (Formerly With the aim to necessitate the joint
known as S.E Investments contribution of credit flow by BoM
Limited) and Paisalo Digital. The arrangement
also involve sharing of risks & gains
between them.
Federal Bank Pine Labs To offer EMIs (equated monthly
instalments) for offline debit card
transactions. Federal Bank's 57 lakh
debit card customers will now be
able to instantly avail loans on
EMI at the Pine Labs terminals.
Repco Home Finance Ltd (RHFL ) SBI (State Bank of India) To provide SBI Life’s range of
Life Insurance products to its customers. SBI Life
Insurance will reach more new
customers across geographies to
meet their diverse insurance needs.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) Hyundai Motor India To provide preferred financing to its
Limited (HMIL) dealers and consumers. Under this
partnership, BoB will create a
detailed financing structure (as per
its existing product program of
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supply chain finance) for customers

and dealers, which will help the
bank expand its presence in the
Hyundai Motor India Limited
network.
Airtel Payments Bank HDFC ERGO General To offer unique Mosquito Diseases
Insurance Company Protection Policy (MDPP) to protect
against mosquito-borne diseases.
This partnership aims to contribute
to the financial inclusion of the
country through the strong
distribution network of Airtel
Payments Bank and strong
innovation of HDFC ERGO (Housing
Development Finance Corporation
Ltd).
PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Religare Health Insurance To bundle and sell the live covers of
Ltd Religare comprising health, death
and illness.The policy package will
be offered from mid December 2019.
With this integration, the customer
of PNB MetLife will get this in a
single policy.
Paytm Aegon Life Insurance To offer comprehensive life
insurance products. As per this
agreement, Paytm will distribute
Aegon Life products to its
customers. The product portfolio
comprises existing and co-created
tailor-made propositions.
Other Important Banking & Finance News
India increases contribution to Global Fund, $22 mn for 6th cycle
• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that the central
government will contribute $22 million to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM)
for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22), an 10% jump of the amount US$ 20 million
contributed in the 5th cycle. So far, India has contributed US$ 46.5 million till 2019.
Cabinet approves Rs 9,300 crore package capital infusion for IDBI Bank
• Information and Broadcasting(I&B) Minister Prakash Javadekar stated that the central Cabinet
meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Government of India(GoI) has approved a
capital infusion of Rs 9,300 crore in IDBI Bank(Industrial Development Bank of India). The
objective behind the government's move is to increase the bank's capital base.
ICICI becomes the country's first bank to deploy ‘Robotic Arms’ for counting currency at its
chests
• ICICI Bank (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India), the leading private sector
lender, has become the 1st bank in India to deploy industrial 'robotic arms' to count millions of
notes in currency chests across the country. 14 machines (robotic arms) have been deployed in
12 cities so that all these can count 6 million notes in a working day or about 1.80 billion notes
annually.
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Joint India- NDB Workshop On Enhancing NDB’s Engagement With the Indian Private And
Public Sector Held In New Delhi
• Joint India- New Development Bank (NDB) workshop on Enhancing NDB’s engagement with
the Indian private and public sector was held for a day in New Delhi. It was co-organized by
NDB and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance of the Government of
India. It was co-chaired by Shri K. Rajaraman, Additional Secretary of DEA, Mr. Xian Zhu, Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer (COO) of NDB. Read full details here: Joint India- NDB
Workshop On Enhancing NDB’s Engagement With The Indian Private And Public Sector
Held In New Delhi.
Standard Chartered Bank launches new "DigiSmart" credit card
• The Standard Chartered Bank, a British multinational banking and financial services company
has launched its “DigiSmart” credit card primarily focused on the ever-growing segment of
millennials. The new credit card is available for a nominal monthly fee of only Rs 49. However,
this fee will be waived off if the spends of the customer are Rs 5,000 or above in the previous
month.
Banks begin in-principle approval of retail loan in 59 minutes
• All 19 public sector banks (PSB) including State Bank of India(SBI), Punjab National Bank
(PNB), Bank of Baroda (BOB) have initiated in-principle retail loan approval for customers
availing housing and personal loans under the online lending platform 'PSB Loans in 59
Minutes'. Currently, this platform is providing loan approval to the MSME (Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises) sector.
UPI transactions reaches 918 million, crossed all time high of 900 million mark for August
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has released a data on the new record created
by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions that reached an overall high of 918 million
transactions worth Rs 1.54 lakh crore by the end of August, 2019 crossing the 900 million
transaction mark. the new milestone in transaction was due to increase in adoption to payment
channel and improved smartphone usage in certain states.
MSME Ministry Launched Updated Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS)
• In the 2-day event of national workshop on ‘Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Delayed
Payment of MSMEs’ held at New Delhi, the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Shri Nitin Gadkari has launched the updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme
(CLCSS) to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital. Read full
details here: MSME ministry launched updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme
(CLCSS)
IPPB launched AePS services
• Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has launched
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) Services at the first anniversary of its business
operations. With this, IPPB became the single largest platform in the country for providing
interoperable banking services to the customers of any bank including the 34 crore Jan Dhan
account holders.
India announces $1 mln disaster relief aid for Bahamas as it is affected by Hurricane Dorian
• The Government of India (GoI) announced humanitarian assistance of $1 million as immediate
disaster relief to help people in The Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian which has caused
large scale destruction. The death toll is more than 40 and is likely to increase.
India Ratings cuts FY20 growth forecast for NBFCs to 10-12%
• Credit rating agency India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) downgraded growth forecast for Non-
Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) to 10-12% from the previous estimate of 15% due to
slowdown in economic activity. It also revised NBFC’s outlook from stable to ‘negative’.
Finance ministry notifies code of conduct for non-official directors of PSBs
• The Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance of the Government of India has
issued a code of conduct for non-official directors of Public Sector Banks (PSBs). The boards of
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the banks will have to send an annual performance report which rates a director based on
professional and ethical conduct, and contribution to the board.
IDBI & LIC CSL to launch a co-branded credit card
• The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank) and Life Insurance Corporation of India
Credit Cards Services (LIC CSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of LIC, will launch a co-branded
credit card. It will be marketed to customers, agents, and employees of the corporation and its
subsidiaries.
SBI revises service charges for deposits and withdrawals from October 1, 2019
• State Bank of India (SBI) has announced revision in charges of deposits and withdrawals that
will be effective from October 1, 2019. The new revision is applicable to cash withdrawals, non-
maintenance in Average Monthly Balance(AMB) and deposits.
Karnataka Bank MD & CEO MS Mahabaleshwara inducted into IBA’s Managing Committee
• The Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Bank, M S
Mahabaleshwara was included in the Managing Committee of Indian Banks Association (IBA).
He was elected unopposed from the private sector member banks category.
CBDT notifies E-assessment Scheme 2019 for faceless scrutiny of income tax return
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the e-assessment scheme 2019 for
conducting faceless scrutiny assessment of income tax returns (ITR). It will be established at
regional and national level with auto-allocation of different scrutiny matters.
NPCI reduced merchant discount rate on RuPay Debit Card to 0.60 % on transactions above Rs
2,000
• An umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems, National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has rationalized merchant discount rate (MDR) on
transactions with RuPay debit cards. The new rate will be effective from 20 October 2019. MDR
has been revised to 0.60 percent on transactions above Rs 2,000. There will be a maximum of
Rs 150 per transaction. Currently, MDR of 0.90 percent is charged on transactions above Rs
2,000. The maximum limit was fixed at Rs 1,000 per transaction.
ECGC introduces ‘NIRVIK’ scheme to provide 90% insurance cover on the loan amount of
exporters: Piyush Goyal
• The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has released a new Export Credit Insurance
Scheme (ECIS) called NIRVIK to ease the lending of loan to exporters so that they can get loans
easily from banks. The details of the scheme were shared by Union Minister of Commerce and
Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal during a press conference at New Delhi. The scheme
provides 90% insurance cover on the loan amount of exporters & it covers on both principal
and interest.
Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) for the micro-credit industry launched by MFIN, Sa-Dhan
and FIDC
• In order to bring more transparency & address customer-centric issue, the Code for
Responsible Lending (CRL) for the microcredit industry was jointly launched by Microfinance
Institutions Network (MFIN), the RBI-recognised self-regulatory organization & and industry
association for the microfinance industry, Sa-Dhan along with FIDC(Finance Industry
Development Council) at Sa-Dhan's 15th Annual National Conference 2019 held in New Delhi.
Government exempts 2% TDS on cash payments of over Rs 1 crore made through APMCs
• Finance Minister of India Smt Nirmala Sitharaman notified that 2% Tax Deducted at
Source (TDS) on cash payments above Rs 1 crore made through Agricultural Produce Market
Committees (APMCs) will be exempted and it is set to be effective from October 1, 2019. This is
aimed to discourage cash transactions and move towards a less-cash economy.
EPFO to credit 8.65% interest in over 6 crore accounts for 2018-19
• Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh
Kumar Gangwar notified that over 6 crore members of the Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO) will get 8.65% interest on deposits, which will be credited to the accounts,
for 2018-19 after the approval from the Ministry of Finance.
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Airtel Payments Bank launched 'Bharosa' savings account

• Airtel Payments Bank, a public limited company with its headquarters in New Delhi has
launched "Bharosa" savings account services with the aim of deepening the financial inclusion
in India. Customers of Airtel Payments Bank will get personal accident insurance up to Rs 5
Lakh, even with the minimum balance of 500. However, the customer will need to make a debit
transaction at least once a month.
Visa in partnership with BillDesk to launch interface for recurring payments , "standing
instructions (SI) Hub"
• Visa Inc, the world's leader in digital payments technology and BillDesk, an Indian online
payment gateway company have partnered for the launch of SI(standing instructions )-Hub
which is a smooth and secure way to make recurring payments using cards with a one-time
enrollment. This comes after the introduction of guidelines for e-mandate on cards for
recurring transactions by RBI(Reserve Bank of India).
Till March 31, 2020, Banks to not declare stressed assets of MSMEs as NPAs: Sitharaman
• After meeting with the heads of public sector banks(PSB) to discuss various issues, including
follow up on transmission of monetary policy rates, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
stated that in order to overcome the slowdown in the economy and increase business
activities, the government asked banks not to declare stressed loans of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as Non Performing Assets (NPAs) until March 31, 2020.
(Stressed assets = NPAs + Restructured loans + Written off assets.)
India Post launches speed post service for six new countries
• The Department of Posts has expanded its speed post service to 6 new overseas destinations in
Asia, Europe and South America. It has introduced International Speed Post (EMS) for Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North McDonia. EMS is a
premium service that enables its users to send documents and merchandise faster and in this
service goods can be monitored online with the help of the internet.
BoB launches agri digital platform called “Baroda Kisan”
• Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company,Bank of Baroda
(BoB) has launched an agriculture digital platform called “Baroda Kisan” in Bardoli,
Surat,Gujarat. It is a web-based portal that can also be accessed by farmers through mobile.
The digital portal will address all the various needs of farmers.
SEBI tightens guidelines for debt mutual fund applicable from April 1, 2020
• In order to improve the risk management & ensure sufficient liquidity, the regulator for the
securities market in India, SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has tightened the
rules for mutual funds, in which it make it mandatory for liquid schemes to hold at least 20 %
in liquid assets such as cash and cash equivalents like treasury bills and repo on government
securities. The new guideline comes into force from April 1, 2020. Read full details here: SEBI
Tightens Guidelines For Debt Mutual Fund Applicable From April 1, 2020
PNB launches 1st of its kind Preventive Vigilance portal to facilitate all staff to contribute
towards arresting procedural lapses
• In order to promote vigilance awareness,the Punjab National Bank(PNB) has introduced 1st of
its kind Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal to facilitate all staff members to contribute towards
arresting procedural lapses and unhealthy practices at a function held at PNB Corporate Office,
New Delhi, chaired by Sharad Kumar,Central Vigilance Commissioner.
Basel-based BIS launches ‘green’ bond fund for central banks to promote green finance
• In the latest dimension of global central bank’s interest in environmental sustainability, the Bank of
International Settlements (BIS) has launched a dollar green bond fund enabling central banks around
the world to invest in “green bonds”. It is an open-ended bond & drawn the pool of assets from a global
group of central banks to develop green finance through sizeable climate-friendly investments. It is
structured under the Swiss law & will be managed in-house by Asset Management handout of BIS,
which is owned by 60 central banks. These are denominated in US dollars. Read full details here: Basel-
Based BIS Launches ‘Green’ Bond Fund For Central Banks To Promote Green Finance.
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ECONOMY & BUSINESS

GROWTH RATES:
Organization Year Rate
DBS bank(earlier Development FY 20 6.2%
Bank of Singapore Ltd)
CRISIL (formerly Credit Rating FY20 (Fiscal Year 2020) 6.3%
Information Services of India
Limited)
International Monetary FY20 (Fiscal Year 2020) 7%
Fund(IMF)
Organisation for Economic Co- 2019 (FY-Fiscal Year 2020) 5.9% and 6.3 % in 2020 (FY21).
operation and Development
(OECD)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) FY 2019-20 6.5%
United Nations Conference on 2019 6%

Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
India will overtake China as the largest importer of coking coal by 2025
• According to the report of Fitch Solutions Macro Research, India will overtake China as the
largest importer of coking coal by 2025. It has been estimated that India’s coking coal
consumption will grow at an annual average rate of 5.4% between 2019 and 2028, driven by
an equally robust expansion in steel production.
IIT-Kharagpur and Amazon Web Services collaborates to develop AI portal
• Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has partnered with e-commerce giant
Amazon’s subsidiary, Amazon Web Services (AWS) in developing National Artificial
Intelligence Resource Portal (NAIRP) to develop and promote Artificial Intelligence(AI)
learning for all AI learners and Practitioners.
Sabka Vishwas - Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme operationalised from 1st September 2019
• Sabka Vishwas legacy dispute resolution scheme for tax payers announced by finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2019-20 union budget, has started off with its operation from
September 1, 2019 and will be operational till December 31, 2019. Read full details here:
Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme Operationalised From 1st
September 2019.
Ashok Leyland becomes the first OEM to meet BS-VI emission norms
• Ashok Leyland, Indian automobile major headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has become
the 1st Indian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to meet the Bharat Stage (BS ) VI
emission standards for all its heavy-duty trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 16.2 tonnes and
above.
Asia's only 5th Generation VR based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre launched at
Chennai
• Rtn G Chandramohan, Rotary Governor, Rotary International District 3232 launched Asia's first
5th Generation - Virtual Reality (VR) based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre at the
Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai, in the presence of T D
Sadasivam, Chairman and other Executive Committee members of AASI. It is aimed to reduce
on-road fatalities and make Indian roads safer.
Reliance Power will give electricity to Bangladesh for next 22 years
• Bangladesh has signed a power project agreement to buy 718 megawatts(MW) of electricity
from India's Anil Ambani led Reliance Power over the next 22 years. For which the company
plans to invest about $1 billion to set up a local plant at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj, over 20
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km southeast of the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh by 2022. It will be a combined cycle power
plant, which will be set up in collaboration with Japanese energy major JERA. Reliance Power
will hold 51 per cent stake in the joint venture (JV) company while JERA will hold 49 per cent
stake.
CCEA approves ethanol price revision for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has
approved revision of price of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) for the sugar season 2019-20 derived
from various raw materials under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme. The revision
comes into effect from 1st December 2019 till 30th November 2020.
India's FDI grew by 28% to $16.33 bn in Q1 FY 2019-20; Singapore emerged as the largest
source
• According to the official data from the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Government of India,
the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India grew by 28% to $16.33 billion in the first
quarter (Q1)- April-June 2019-20. FDI inflows in April-June of 2018-19 was $12.75 billion.
Singapore emerged as the largest source of FDI in India during April-June 2019-20 with $5.33
billion investment.
CBDT signed 26 advance pricing agreements(APA) during April - August 2019
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed 26 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)
of the taxation issue in the first five months (April – August 2019) of the current financial year
2019-20. he number of such agreements entered by CBDT has reached 297. These include 32
bilateral advance agreements. Of these, 26 APA so far the year 2019, one agreement has been
reached with the UK(United Kingdom) on a bilateral basis while the remaining 25 agreements
have been unilateral.
Under IBC, government plans to waive off the debts of small distressed borrowers
• Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas notified that there are plans to waive off the debts of
small distressed borrowers using the 'fresh start' provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code (IBC). It would be for the most distressed individuals within the economically weaker
section (EWS). The waiver will cost Rs 10,000 crore per annum.
New GDP series to align with global method unveiled by the Union Government
• Union government unveiled a linked back-series of India’s growth numbers from 1950-51 to
2003-04, with 2011-12 as the base year with an aim to arrange the GDP (Gross Domestic
Products) figures from past years with the new internationally accepted methodology that
facilitates comparisons.
Niti Aayog selected McKinsey & Company to set up India's first Digital Capability Centre in New
Delhi
• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) has selected McKinsey & Company to
set up India's first Digital Capability Centre (DCC) in New Delhi. The government will act as a
facilitator to bring together industry, academia, and research on one platform by forming DCC.
The US becomes the world’s top oil exporter surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia
• The International Energy Agency (IEA) notified that the United States (US) became the top oil
exporter in the world by overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia. In June 2019, crude exports grew
above 3 million barrels per day (bpd) in the US. IEA has estimated the growth in global oil
demand in 2019 at 1.1 million bpd and 1.3 million bpd for 2020.
Overview of union minister of finance & corporate affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman's
presentation on measures to boost economic growth
• Union minister of finance & corporate affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made another
presentation on the measures to boost economic growth. Earlier the announcements were
made on August 23 and 30, 2019 regarding the series of measures to enhance economic
growth of India. Read full details here: Overview of union minister of finance & corporate
affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation on measures to boost economic growth
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Commerce Minister PiyushGoyal launched digital platforms for origin certificate issuance and
steel import monitoring system (SIMS)
• Commerce and industry minister Shri Piyush Goyal (also railway minister) and Piyush Goyal
and minister of State Hardeep Singh puri launched Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) for
obtaining steel import information by the govt and other stakeholders for efficient policy
intervention. Piyush also launched a Common digital platform for electronic Certificates of
Origin (CoO) issuance. This platform will act as a single access point for exporters, Free Trade
Agreements (FTA)/ Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) and others.
Govt waives 3-year lock-in period on NRI investments in IDF bonds
• In order to boost foreign investment in the infrastructure sector, waived off the3-year lock-in
period for investments made by Non-Resident Indians(NRI) in Infrastructure Debt Funds
(IDFs), as notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Transferring Rupee
denominated bonds of IDF by an NRI to another NRI outside India, are not considered as
transfers for capital gain purpose and no capital gain tax is charged on such transfers. Read full
details here: Govt waives 3-year lock-in period on NRI investments in IDF bonds.
32 FMCG companies launched “KaroSambhav”-packaging waste management venture,aims to
mobilise Rs.1000 cr
• To address the growing concern of plastic wastes 32 leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
(FMCG) companies like Coca-Cola India, PepsiCo India, and Bislerietc are to jointly launch first-
of-its-kind packaging waste management venture named Karo Sambhav in the country that
aims to create an ecosystem for post-consumer packaging collections and optimization of
material recycling processes.
Overview Of Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019
• Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitaraman in a Press Conference in
Goa notified that Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 was introduced to make certain
amendments in the Income-tax Act 1961 and the Finance (No. 2) Act 2019. Read full details
here: Overview Of Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019
UAE tops in non-residents investments in Indian MFs with the share of 16%
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerged as a top
nation in making non-resident investments in Indian mutual funds (MFs). As of March 31,
2019, the foreign liabilities of units in Indian MFs made by UAE stood at Rs 14,979 crore,
registering a share of 16%. The second place was acquired by the United States (US) with Rs
8,989 crore (9.6% share) followed by the United Kingdom (UK) with Rs 7,751 crore (8.3%
share). Read full details here: UAE tops in non-residents investments in Indian MFs with
the share of 16%.
An Allotment Agreement signed between Ministry of Coal and WBPDCL regarding world’s
second-largest Deocha Pachami Dewanganj-Harinsingha coal block
• In accordance with the provisions of the Coal Block Allocation Rules, 2017, made under the
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, 1957, the WBPDCL has been allocated
the Deocha Pachami Dewanganj-Harinsingha coal block located in West Bengal containing an
area of 12.28 sq. km. with estimated reserves of 2102 Million Tonnes for generation of power.
SEBI relaxes norms to allow smart cities raise funds through ‘Muni Bonds’
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) eased its norms to allow smart cities raise funds
through ‘Muni Bonds‘. The entities working in areas of city planning and urban development
work, including municipalities, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) set up under the central
government’s ambitious ‘Smart Cities Mission’ can also raise funds through debt securities.
Read full details here: SEBI relaxes norms to allow smart cities raise funds through ‘Muni
Bonds’
SEBI eases buyback rules for companies with housing finance, NBFC arms
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) eased its norms for buyback (repurchase) of
shares by listed companies, which is governed by the Buyback Regulations of SEBI &
Companies Act, especially those having subsidiaries in housing finance and Non-Banking
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Financial Company (NBFC) segments. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had permitted the
government companies carrying out non-banking finance and housing finance activities to
launch buybacks resulting in up to 6:1 debt to equity ratio post the share repurchase. Read full
details here: SEBI eases buyback rules for companies with housing finance, NBFC arms
MOUs & AGREEMENTS

MoUs with States
S.No State MoU with Field/Purpose
1. Rajasthan United Nations Educational, To further enhance music, art and craft
Scientific and Cultural Organization forms, and other intangible cultural
(UNESCO) heritage of the state. Read full details
here: UNESCO Ties Up With
Rajasthan To Promote State’s
Intangible Cultural Heritage
2. Kerala & Maldives To strengthen cancer care in the island
Regional nation by giving training to
Cancer Centre doctors. Maldivian minister Abdulla
(RCC) Ameen and Kerala’s health minister KK
Shylaja signed the MoU in presence of
Kerala Chief Minister(CM) Pinarayi
Vijayan.
Other MoUs
S.No Organization MoU with Field/Purpose
1. Google Ministry of Electronics For rolling out ‘Build for Digital India’
and Information programme, which will provide
Technology(MeitY) engineering students with a platform
to develop market-ready, technology-
based solutions that deals with key
social challenges.
2. Multi Commodity Zhengzhou Commodity For co-operation and the exchange of
Exchange of India Exchange (ZCE) information. It will help in cooperation
(MCX) between the two exchanges in areas
like knowledge sharing, education &
training, organizing events and
exploration of the areas of mutual
interests between the exchanges.
3. Central Board of Microsoft To incorporate cloud-based technology
Secondary Education in high school teachers' capacity
(CBSE) building programs and teaching. This
program, designed for teachers of 8th
to 10th grade, will be run in 10 cities
across India from September 11, 2019.
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4. Confederation of Ministry of Railways For facilitation of green initiatives in

Indian Industries Indian Railways at New Delhi. Coffee
(CII) Table Publications on Energy
Efficiency, GreenCo Rating (developed
by CII) and Green Buildings (including
railway stations) were also released
during the signing ceremony. Read full
details here: Ministry Of Railways &
Confederation Of Indian Industries
(CII) Sign MoU On Green Initiatives
5. International Finance Finance Industry To train the NBFCs in India on
Corporation (IFC) Development Council “Commercial Credit Reporting”.
(FIDC)
6. Ola Ayushman Bharat - The scheme would provide health
Pradhan Mantri Jan insurance to 2 million driver partners
Arogya Yojana (AB- of Ola. All Ola employees and eligible
PMJAY) scheme driver-partners can avail the AB card
at a cost of Rs.30.
7. IBM (International Directorate General of To train trainers in Basic Artificial
Business Machines Training (DGT) division of Intelligence (AI) will be carried out.
Corporation) the Ministry of Skill The program will be of one year
Development & duration and will have 14 instructors
Entrepreneurship at 7 locations with over 200
workshops. Read full details here:
Agreement Between Skill India And
IBM For Nationwide Train-The-
Trainer Program In AI
8. Bharat Earth Movers Wipro Infrastructure To work in areas such as aerospace
Limited (BEML) Engineering (WIN) components through special economic
zone(SEZ) , industrial automation
processing, 3-D printing, artificial
intelligence and hydraulic system
engineering.
9. Indian Space Defense Research and To develop human-centric systems for
Research Development the 'Gaganyaan' project.
Organization (ISRO) Organization (DRDO)
10. Defence Research and Central University of To set up a processing center called “
Development Jammu (CUJ) Kalam Center for Science and
Organisation(DRDO) Technology (KCST)” at the university
for research purposes. The 'Kalam
centre will have modern day facilities
& equipment will create a pool of
research scholars in these areas.
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APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

National
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
Jai Bhagwan Bhoria Administrator Punjab and He succeeded S.Waryam
Maharashtra Singh and it superseded
Cooperative (PMC) the existing Board. RBI
Bank Ltd had recently increased
the amount of withdrawal
allowed to the depositors
from Rs 1,000 to Rs
10,000 and the directives
will remain in force for a
period of six months.
Sanjiv Ranjan Ambassador of India Republic of Ecuador He succeeded Ravi
Bangar.
Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar Ambassador of India Kingdom of Norway He succeeds Mr. Krishan
Kumar.
Godavarthi Venkata Ambassador of India Republic of Guinea He will succeed Partha
Srinivas Bissau Satpathy
Ranveer Singh Brand Ambassador JBL He will engage in all
sequence of marketing
initiatives and also
endorse a range of new
JBL’s consumer audio
product.
Hima Das Brand Ambassador Gatorade India which is Hima, nicknamed as
a subsidiary of PepsiCo Dhing express, joins
India shuttler P.V Sindhu and
javelin thrower Neeraj
Chopra as brand
ambassadors in the
country.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Brand Ambassador Visa, Inc Sindhu will promote the
(PV Sindhu) brand through
advertising campaigns &
also become an athlete
member of Team Visa for
the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games.
Vinai Kumar Saxena Chairman Khadi and Village He was given an
Industries Commission extension of another 3
(KVIC) years. He was first
appointed as the
chairman of KVIC in
October 2015 and
introduced many
innovative schemes like
the 'Honey Mission'(2017
in New Delhi.
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Vijay Kumar Chopra Chairman Press Trust of India Vineet Jain was elected as
(PTI) Vice-Chairman of PTI.
Read full details here:
Vijay Kumar Chopra &
Vineet Jain Elected As
Chairman And Vice
Chairman Of PTI
Respectively
Sunil Gaur Chairman Appellate Tribunal for
Prevention of Money
Laundering (PMLA) Act
Madhukar Kamath Chairman Audit Bureau of He succeeds Hormusji N
Circulations (ABC) Cama. He is the chairman
emeritus of an
advertising firm DDB
Mudra group and mentor
of Interbrand India. He
has more than four
decades of experience in
advertising and
marketing services.
Nilesh Shah Chairman Association of Mutual He will replace Nimesh
Funds in India (AMFI) Shah. The AMFI board
has also elected Saurabh
Nanavati, Chief Executive
Officer, Invesco Mutual
Fund as its new vice-
chairman.
Bipin Rawat Chairman Chiefs of Staff He Succeeds Indian Air
Committee (COSC) Force (IAF) chief, Air
Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa
who retires on September
30, 2019
Praveen Jadhav Chief Executive Paytm Money Prior to this, Jadhav was
Officer (CEO) & in the position of full-time
Managing Director director.
(MD)
Shyam Srinivasan Chief Executive Federal Bank With this, he will serve
Officer (CEO) & the bank as the head for a
Managing Director decade (September 23,
(MD) 2010-September 22,
2020).
Vaijinath M. Chief Executive Dewan Housing He will succeed Harshil
Gavarshetty Officer (CEO) and key Finance Corporation Mehta. Harshil Mehta
managerial personnel Ltd resigned in Feb 2019
after that Kapil
Wadhwan, chairman and
managing director of
DHFL, held the additional
responsibility of CEO.
Rakesh Kumar Singh Chief of Air Indian Air force (IAF) Currently serving as the
Bhadauria Staff(26th) Vice Chief of the IAF,
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Bhadauria will replace

incumbent Chief B S
Dhanoa who will be
superannuated on
September 30, 2019. An
alumnus of the National
Defence Academy
commissioned to IAF in
1980, Bhadauria headed
the Cost Negotiation
Committee (CNC) for the
Rafale deal.
Ramkumar Chairman And Cognizant India He will make a
Ramamoorthy Managing management committee
Director(Cmd) & operating committee
for the country, which
will help strengthen the
company’s operations in
India
Samuel Joseph Jebaraj Deputy Managing Industrial Development He succeeds the KP Nair.
Director (DMD) Bank of India (IDBI This is the first major
Bank) appointment on the
Bank’s Board after Life
Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) acquired a
majority stake of 51%
(January 2019) in the
bank.
Anjali Singh Deputy Air Attache Indian Embassy in She became India’s first
Russia female military diplomat
posted on an Indian
mission abroad after
joining the Indian
Embassy in Russia as
Deputy Air Attache (air
force officer involved in
diplomatic operations).
She previously served the
Indian Air Force (IAF)
for17 years as an
Aeronautical
Engineer(AE) and is also
trained on MiG-29
aircraft.
Vivek Kumar (V.K) Director General Border Security He succeeds Rajni Kant
Johri (DG)(25th) Force(BSF) Misra, who retired on
August 31, 2019
Justices V Judge Supreme Court(SC) of Supreme Court(SC) of
Ramasubramanian, India India has appointed 4
Krishna Murari, S new judges which now
Ravindra Bhat and took the total strength of
Hrishikesh Roy judges to 34. Recently the
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parliament increased the

no. of judges to
34(inclusive of Chief
Justice(CJ)) from
previous count of 31.
Dr. Tamilisai Governor Telangana She succeeds E S L
Soundararajan Narasimhan
Bhagat Singh Koshyari Governor Maharashtra He succeeds VidyaSagar
Rao
Kalraj Mishra Governor Rajasthan He succeeds Kalyan Singh
Arif Mohammed Khan Governor Kerala He succeeds P Sathasivam
Bandaru Dattatreya Governor Himachal Pradesh He succeeds Kalraj
Mishra
Shri Jaideep Sarkar High Commissioner Kingdom of Lesotho He succeeds Ms. Ruchi
of India Ghanashyam
Abhijit Guha Lead UN mission Apart from leading the
UN Mission in support of
the Hodeidah Agreement
(UNMHA), Guha will also
hold the post of Chairman
of the Redeployment
Coordination Committee
(RCC) that is tasked with
redeploying forces of the
Yemeni warring parties
in accordance with their
agreement.
Rajiv Kumar Managing Microsoft India Kumar, who is currently
Director(MD) Research & corporate vice president
Development (R&D) of the company’s
Private Ltd (MIRPL). Experiences and Devices
(E+D) group, succeeds
Anil Bhansali and will be
relocating to Redmond,
United States(US).
Pramod Kumar Mishra Principal Secretary Prime Minister (PM) He replaces Nripendra
Narendra Modi Misra .Former cabinet
secretary P K Sinha, aged
64, was appointed as the
principal advisor to the
PM.
Manoj Mukund Vice chief Army staff He replaces Lieutenant
Naravane General Devraj Anbu who
was superannuated on
August 31, 2019.
Naravane has been
awarded Param Vishisht
Seva Medal (2019)
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Harjit Singh Arora Vice chief Indian Air Force(IAF) He will succeed Air
Marshal Rakesh Kumar
Singh Bhadauria. Air
marshal Balakrishnan
Suresh who is currently
the air officer
commanding-in-
chief(AOC in-C) of
Southern Air Command
was appointed as the
Western Air commander
of the IAF and will
succeed kargil war
veteran Air Marshal
Raghunath Nambiar .
International
Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
Qamar Javed Bajwa Army Chief General Pakistan The tenure has been
(58) extended by another 3
years.
Suresh Chitturi Chairman International Egg His appointment was
Commission(IEC) announced at the IEC
Global Leadership
Conference in
Copenhagen, the capital of
Denmark. He is also the
first chair from Asian
region. He also served as
the vice chief of IEC for 2
years since 2017. He
succeeds Tim Lambert
from Canada.
Sebastian Coe Chief International Association A former Olympic and
of Athletics Federation world champion, Coe was
(IAAF) previously elected as the
head of IAAF in 2015. On
the other hand, President
of Athletics Federation of
India, Adille Sumariwalla
also re-elected as member
of the Council of IAAF for a
second four-year term.
Kristalina Georgieva Chief International Monetary She will be the second
Fund (IMF) woman chief of the 189-
member IMF & will take
over as Managing Director
of the IMF on October 1,
2019. She will replace
Christine Lagarde, who
resigned from her post
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after being elected

president of the European
Central Bank (ECB).
Jonathan Hall General Counsel and International Cricket He has legal experience of
Company Secretary Council (ICC) 27 years. Priorly, he
worked for The Football
Association (The FA) for
11 years.
Oleksiy Honcharuk Prime Minister(17th Ukraine His nomination was
presented to the Ukrainian
Parliament by its
President Volodymyr
Zelenskiy. Mr Honcharuk,
Ukraine’s youngest ever
head of government,
succeeded Volodymyr
Borysovych Groysman.
Overview of Key Parliamentary Panels and their heads
The Central government has announced the constitution of various parliamentary panels and
standing committees for the newly constituted 17th Lok Sabha.
S.No Panel Name Head Key members
1 Home Affairs Amit Shah. Anand Sharma, Sarmistha Sethi, Jamyang
Tsering Namgyal
2 Financial Affairs Jayant Sinha Pinaki Mishra, Amar Patnaik, Digvijaya Singh
3 Defence Rahul Gandhi, Nitish Ganga Deb, Rajashree
Jual Oram Mallick, Sanjay raut,Abhishek manu
singhvi,Prem chand gupta
4 External affairs P P Choudhary Achyuta Samanta, P Chidambaram, Jaya
Bachchan
5 Personnel, Public Bhupender Suresh Pujari
Grievances, Law and Yadav
Justice.
6 Coal and Steel Rakesh Singh Basanta Panda, Prashanta Nanda
7 Petroleum &Natural Ramesh Bidhuri Chandra Sekhar Sahu , Ahmed patel
Gas
8 Social Justice and Rama Devi Menaka Gandhi, Hans raj,Supriya sule
Empowerment
9 Human Resource Satynarayan Chandrani Murmu, Sasmit Patra
Development Jatiya
10 Industry K Keshava Rao
11 Urban Development Jagadambika Pal Aparajita Sarangi,Gautam gambir, Hema
malini,MJ akbar
12 Water Resources Sanjay Jaiswal
13 Commerce V Vijayasai Manjulata Mandal
Reddy
14 Labour Bhartruhari Varun Gandhi
Mehtab
15 Energy Rajiv Ranjan
16 Rural Development Prataprao Jadhav
17 Chemicals and M Kanimozhi Bishweswar Tudu, Ranjib Biswal
Fertiliser
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18 Railways Radha Mohan

Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Anubhav
Singh Mohanty,Farooqabdullah, Pragya Sigh Takur
18 Agriculture P C Gaddigoudar
Ram kirpal yadav,Afzal ansari,Mulayam singh
yadav
19 Transport, Tourism and T G Venkatesh Ramesh Majhi and Prasanna Acharya,
Culture Sumalatha Ambareesh
20 Food Consumer Affairs Sudhip Pramila Bisoyi, Saptagiri Ulaka, MC mary kom,
and PDS. Bandhyopadhyay Bhagawant mann
21 Science and Technology Jairam Ramesh N Bhaskar Rao and Ashwini Vaishnav
and Environment and
Forests
Resignations
Name Resigned as Entity/Place
Anshula Kant Managing Director (MD) State Bank of India (SBI)
Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani High Court Chief Justice(HC-CJ) Madras
Jack Ma Founder & Chairman Alibaba Groups
Takehiko Nakao President Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Devin Wenig President and Chief Executive The company’s Chief Financial
Officer (CEO) Officer (CFO), Mr. Scott
Schenkel, will serve as an
interim CEO of the firm. Mr.
Wenig had joined the firm in
2011 and appointed as CEO in
2015.
Kim Ji Hyun Women's singles badminton India
coach
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted
Awards in the Field of Literature & Academics
Education Excellence Anand Kumar Academics Contributions towards imparting
Award 2019 by the education to the needy students.
Foundation For
Excellence (FFE)
SASTRA Ramanujan Adam Harper Academics He will be awarded with a citation
prize for 2019 and an award of $10,000. The award
is given to people under the age of 32
working in the area influenced by
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
28th Saraswati Dr. K Siva Reddy Literature The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah
Samman 2018 Naidu has honored the Telugu
litterateur Dr. K Siva Reddy with the
28th Saraswati Samman 2018 for the
creation of his famous poetry
collection ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite' (Turning
aside while lying down) in 2016
during an award-giving ceremony
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organized by the KK Birla Foundation

in New Delhi.
Awards in the Field of Sports

Union of European Eric Cantona Football He has won 5 English championships
Football Association’s with Leeds and Manchester United in
(UEFA) President's the 1990s and 2 French titles with
Award 2019 Marseille.
Awards in the Field of Politics,Social Service,Science and Bravery
Global Goalkeeper Narendra Modi Service For his work under the Swachh
Award 2019 by the Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) Mission. He will
Bill and Melinda Gates be honored during his visit to United
Foundation States (US) in September 2019.
the 2019 “IT Odisha State For its app For designing the app SATARK. The
Excellence Award” by Disaster award for the app, which tracks and
Express India Management alerts during disasters based on
Authority (OSDMA) dynamic risk knowledge in real time,
is to be received on September 18,
2019 by OSDMA director B P Sethi, at
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
Oscars of science Event Horizon Science For producing the world’s first image
Telescope Team of a black hole which was launched by
consisting of 347 Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and it is
scientists the eighth year of award. They won $3
million.
19th Annual Asian Anil Agarwal (65) Service The theme inclusivity at London’s
Achievers Awards Grosvenor House Hotel, on Park Lane.
2019 London Deputy Mayor, Rajesh
Agrawal has received the Editor’s
Award 2019 for Public Services.
2019 Asia Society Chhaya Sharma Investigation She has been awarded for redefining
Game Changers Award the role of female police officers.
Right Livelihood Greta Thunberg Climate For prompting and amplifying
Award 2019(Sweden's Activist political demands, scientific facts for
Alternative Nobel immediate climate action in
Prize) Stockholm, Sweden. She has shared
the award with Brazilian Indigenous
leader Davi Kopenawa of the
Yanomami people, and the Hutukara
Yanomami Association (Brazil),
women's rights lawyer Guo Jianmei
(China) and human rights defender
Aminatou Haidar (Western Sahara) .
Awards in the Field of Art and Culture,Films
Indian International Neena Gupta Actress She won the two awards namely, Best
Film Festival of Actress award for the film 'Badhaai
Boston(IFFB) 2019 Ho' & her film “ Last Color”
Nominated for the 'Gully Boy' Film Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film has
Oscar 2020 Film been sent for an Oscar for the Best
Awards from India International Feature Film category.
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The story of the film was inspired by

the life of rap artists, Naezy and
Divine, who have come out of the
narrow streets of Dharavi to realize
their dream of becoming rappers.
'Magnificent Sonu Nigam Singer  Outstanding Media and
performing arts award Entertainment Award - Kalli Purie
2019' at 21st century  Specialist Professional Award -
icon award ceremony Charlotte Crosswell
held in UK
2019 Dadasaheb Amitabh Bachchan Actor It is conferred to a person for his/her
Phalke award lifetime achievement in cinema. He
will be presented with a Swarna
Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a
shawl and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh
during the award presentation.
Awards for State,Country,Banks and Organization
Forbes World’s best Visa Organization Nearly 17 Indian companies were
'regarded' companies listed.
list 2019 Top 3 entities:
1. Visa
2. Ferrari
3. Infosys
BrandZ Top 75 Most HDFC Bank Banks LIC ( Life Insurance Corporation of
Valuable Indian India) stood at number two with a
Brands 2019 ranking brand value of Rs 1.43 lakh crore.
by WPP & Kantar
Millward Brown
United Nations (UN) Infosys Limited Organization
The award was won in the 'Climate
Global Climate Action Neutral Now' category for its efforts
Award 2019 to combat climate change. It will be
given this award during the UN
Climate Change Conference (COP25)
in Santiago, Chile in December 2019.
Other important Awards
2019 ‘Lamp of Peace Prof Promoting The lamp of peace award recognizes
of Saint Francis ‘ MuhammadYunus Peace distinguished work by an individual
award by Vatican in promoting peace.
city(smallest country
in the world)
Indian Concrete Megha Engineering For the outstanding concrete
Institute award 2019 and Infrastructures structure of the Kaleshwaram Lift
(ICI award) Limited (MEIL) Irrigation Project (KLIP) in Telangana.
The ICI awarded the best concrete
structure award 2019 to Amazon
building and for execution of the
Khajaguda to Nanakramguda concrete
road.
Order of Zayed II Ambassador Strengthening He has been given this honor for
award Navdeep Singh Suri Relationship strengthening the relationship
between the two countries.
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World University Indian Institute of Institute Since 2012, for the first time Indian
Rankings 2020 by Technology (IIT) institutions did not feature among the
Times Higher Ropar and Indian top 300 in World University Rankings
Education (THE) Institute of Science 2020. Read full details here: IIT
(IISc) Bangalore Ropar & IISc Bangalore ranked No
were ranked first 1 among the 56 Indian institutes in
the Times Higher Education World
University Ranking 2020
Aga Khan Architecture Arcadia Education The novel project is about the
Award 2019 Project in South construction of a floating school in an
Kanarchor of area which is underwater during
Bangladesh monsoon for the welfare of
marginalised children in Bangladesh.
Acadmie des beaux- Raghu Rai Photographer The award is named in honour of
arts Photography William Klein, the American born
Award - William Klein French photographer and filmmaker.
for 2019 The award carries a monetary prize of
1,20,000 euros. Rai won Padma Shree
in 1972, which is a first for any
photographer.
Dr Kalam Smriti Sheik Hasina Service For her contribution in holding a
International healthy relation between India and
Excellence Award for Bangladesh,International peace and
the year 2019 cooperation.
Amnesty Greta Thunberg Environmental The award ceremony which was held
International’s activist at the George Washington University,
‘Ambassadors of Washington D.C, America, is the
Conscience’ award for highest human rights award
the year 2019 constituted by the Amnesty
International.
Forbes' “Best Indian School of School
International 1-Year Business (ISB)
Business Schools Hyderabad,
2019” rankings Telangana
National Geoscience Syed Wajih Ahmad Science Dr. Sohini Ganguly, of Goa University
Awards for the year Naqvi was conferred with the Young
2018’s Award for Scientist Award-2018.Read full details
Excellence here: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Confers The National Geoscience
Awards For 2018 In Delhi
2019 Global leaders Kapil Pathare The well-known entrepreneur for his
award ‘Enterprise iconic brand ‘VIP Innerwear’ was also
Edition 2019’ in Dubai awarded the 2019 Global leaders
award ‘Enterprise Edition 2019’ in
Dubai by Indian film director Madhur
Bhandarkar for promoting small
business at International, national
and regional level
Pacific Asia Travel The Kerala tourism Tourism The awards are given for an ethnic
Association (PATA) has won 3 PATA food restaurant run by women at
awards for the year gold awards Kumarakom(Kerala) under its
2019 Responsible Tourism(RT) mission, for
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Kerala tourism campaign

advertisement 'Come Out and Play'
and the third one was for its website
www.keralatourism.org
1st Gauri Lankesh Ravish Kumar Journalism He was awarded in recognition of his
Memorial sharp news analysis and
Award 2019 by the uncompromising secular stance.
Gauri Lankesh
Memorial Trust
Changemaker Award Payal Jangir She is the first Indian to receive the
2019 at the Changemaker Award 2019 at the
Goalkeepers Global Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards
Goals Awards 2019 2019 presented by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation at a
ceremony held in New York, United
States for her work towards the
abolition of child marriage in her
village and other neighboring areas.
Airport Council Cochin Airport It stood at the top spot in 5-15 million
International (ACI), ‘s International passenger category among the
best airport in terms Airport Ltd (CIAL) airports in the Asia-Pacific region.
of services it offered
to passengers for the
year 2018
31st Punyabhushan Dr. G.B. Deglurkar Archeologist In recognition of his immense
Award for 2019 contribution in the field of
Archaeology during the ceremony
held in Pune, Maharashtra. The event
was organised by Pune based
Punyabhushan Foundation.
2019 M P Birla Thanu Physicist For his contributions in the field of
Memorial Award Padmanabhan cosmology. The award was given in M
P Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West
Bengal. The award that comprises a
citation, a trophy and a cheque for Rs
2,51,000 was given by H V Lodha,
Chairman of Madhav Prasad(MP)
Birla Group.
Skill India felicitates 53 Skill Trainers in the annual Kaushalacharya Awards event for 2019
• Kaushalacharya Samadar 2019 was organized by the Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on the occasion of Teachers Day in New Delhi
which honoured 53 skill trainers from different sectors for their exceptional contribution. A
MoU was also signed between DGT and Dhanbad (Jharkhand) based Kaushalya Kameshwar
Techno Solution Pvt Limited under which training will be provided in Industrial environment
in mining sector courses. Read full details here: Skill India Felicitates 53 Skill Trainers In
The Annual Kaushalacharya Awards Event For 2019.
WCD minister facilitates states, districts under BBBP scheme for improved sex ratio
• Minister of Woman and Child Affairs(WCD) Smt, SmritiZubinIrani awarded states and districts
for sex ratio and awareness generation under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign.
President’s secretariat announces recipients of Visitor’s Awards 2019
• President’s secretariat announced the recipients of Visitor’s award 2019. The award will be
presented by the President Shri Ram NathKovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
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President’s secretary Shri Sanjay Kothari, headed the committee along with other officials,
assisted by a Sub-Committee selected people for 2019 Visitor’s award. Read full details here:
President’s secretariat announces recipients of Visitor’s Awards 2019
UNESCO to translate and publish an anthology of Guru Nanak Dev’s writings in world languages
on his 550th birth anniversary
• Ministry of Culture of the union government notified that in commemoration of the 550th birth
anniversary (April 15, 1469) of Guru Nanak Dev, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will translate and publish an anthology of Guru Nanak Dev’s
writings in different major languages of the world.
17 Indian peacekeepers deployed with the UNMISS felicitated with UN Service Medals
• 17 Indian peacekeepers who were deployed in the United Nations Mission in South
Sudan (UNMISS) for over a year were felicitated with UN Service Medals by the United Nations
(UN) in recognition of their UN Peacekeeping service to the people of South Sudan, the world's
youngest country, as UN Police officers. Among the 17 peacekeepers, 5 were women police
officers.
Home ministry announces new 'Sardar Patel National Unity Award' for promoting national
integration and unity
• Union home ministry announced a new honour on the Padma awards pattern named theSardar
Patel National Unity Award to individuals and persons for promoting national unity and
integrity. The award was first instituted by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in December
2018. The name of the recipients of the award will be maintained under President’s direction
and published in Gazette of India.
76th Venice International Film Festival Awards for 2019 held at Venice Lido, Italy
• The 76th Edition of the annual Venice International Film Festival Awards for 2019 was held at
Venice Lido in Italy from August 28- September 7, 2019. It was organized by La Biennale di
Venezia and was officially recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers
Association).
 Golden Lion Best Film - Joker
 Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize - J’accuse (An Officer and a Spy)
 Special Jury Prize - La Mafia Non È Piu Quella Di Una Volta (The Mafia is no longer what
it used to be)
UNESCO announces International Literacy Prizes 2019
• Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General (DG) of United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the winners of UNESCO International Literacy
Prizes 2019. The International jury, which recommended the prizes, comprised of John
Benseman (New Zealand), Rana Dajani (Jordan), Ms. Jianhong Dong (People’s Republic of
China), Sowonne Tchang (Republic of Korea) and Dr. Willy Ngaka (Uganda). Read full details
here: UNESCO Announces International Literacy Prizes 2019
President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2019
• President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the 2019 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes
on the occasion of 77th Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Foundation Day in
New Delhi.
Awarded field Awardee
Biological Sciences Dr. KayaratSai Krishnan, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research(IISER), Pune. & Dr.
SoumenBasak, National Institute of Immunology (NII),
New Delhi
Chemical Sciences Dr. Raghavan B Sunoj, India Institute of Technology(IIT),
Bombay & Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji, Jawahar Lal Nehru
Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR),
Bengaluru
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean Dr. Subimal Ghosh, IIT, Bombay
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and Planetary Sciences

Engineering Sciences Dr. Manik Varma, Microsoft Research(MSR) India,
Bengaluru.
Mathematical Sciences Dr. DishantMayur Bhai Pancholi Institute of
Mathematical Sciences(IMSc), Chennai
Dr. Neena Gupta, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
Medical Sciences Dr. Dhiraj Kumar, International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology(ICGEB), New Delhi.
Dr. Mohammad Javed Ali, LV Prasad Eye Institute(LVPEI),
Hyderabad
Physical Sciences Dr. Aninda Sinha, Indian Institute of Science(IISc),
Bengaluru.
Dr. Shankar Ghosh, Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research(TIFR), Mumbai
President Ram Nath Kovind Addresses Swachh Mahotsav 2019 Held In Vigyan Bhavan, New
Delhi
The President presented the Swachh Bharat Awards 2019 in various categories for outstanding
contribution to Swachh Bharat Mission in New Delhi.
List of Swachh Bharat Awards 2019
S.No Name of the Award Award won by
1 Best Swachh Iconic Place award Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K)
Category: Overall improvement in sanitation
2 Best Swachh Iconic Place Award Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)
Category: Swachh Bharat Mission Initiative
3 Best ministry for implementation of Ministry of Railways
Swachhta Action Plan for 2018-19
4 Swachhta Pakhwada Award Department of Defence
5 Best Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Power Grid Corporation
(for its contribution to Swachh Bharat Kosh)
6 Open Defecation Free (ODF) and Gujarat and Sikkim
Behavior Change
7 Ganga Gram Award Village Baghori in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
8 Swachh Bharat Summer Internship Ranjitha S for NCC(National Cadet Corps)
Bharatiya Shaheed Sainik School (Nainital) for
NSS(National Service Scheme),Vision Youth
Association(Anantapuramu Andhra Pradesh)
for Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
Key Highlights:
i. The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, a religious pilgrimage atop the Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu
& Kashmir (J&K) was adjudged as best Best Swachh Iconic Place in India 2019 for overall
improvement in sanitation by undertaking initiatives such as water kiosks, reverse vending machines,
installation of kill waste machine, etc.
President Kovind bestowed the award to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB).
Other awards: In 2017, the shrine got a special award from the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Sanitation for retaining 2nd position, behind only to the Golden Temple. In 2018, the shrine was also
declared as the cleanest religious place by the India Today Group.
ii. The Victorian-era railway station & UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization )World Heritage Site ,the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai,
Maharashtra has been awarded the Best swachh iconic place in India 2019 under Swachh Bharat
Mission Initiative such as accomplishment of the action plan, involvement of stakeholders in execution
of action plans, fund leverage, fund utilization, cleanliness in peripheral area, etc.
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The award has been received by Ministry of Railways jointly along with BrihanMumbai Municipal
Corporation(BMC) and CSR partner SBI (State Bank of India) Foundation.
iii. Indian Railways got selected as the best ministry for implementation of Swachhata action plan for
2018-19. Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board has received the award. Indian Railways
had spent about 3000 crore on cleanliness campaign on its various properties during 2018-19.
As per Cleanliness Ranking Survey for 2018, three best stations Jodhpur, Jaipur & Tirupati were also
awarded.
iv. Addressing the event, President stated that cleanliness as a pathway to success and also an
essential condition for success of government’s initiative ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’.
He also underscored the construction of toilets across India under Swachh Bharat Mission that helps
in maintaining dignity of women as well as their empowerment.
v. Over 1300 swachhata champions including school children, NCC cadets, volunteers from NSS and
NYKS, swachhagrahies, sarpanches, representatives from States and UTs, central government
ministries and media persons attended the event. Read full details here: President Ram Nath Kovind
Addresses Swachh Mahotsav 2019 Held In Vigyan Bhavan, New
Overview Of 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards For 2019

The 71st annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony for 2019 was held over two nights
on September 14- 15, 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States.
Key Points:
 Home Box Office’s (HBO) Game of Thrones received 10 awards at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2019.
 HBO’s “Chernobyl” won 7 awards and Amazon Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won
6 awards.
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) won 2 Emmy Awards for interactive
programming focused on the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-1 and its Mars InSight mission.
 Norman Lear became the oldest Emmy Winner at the age of 97 for Outstanding Variety Special
(Live) in ‘Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons
special’. He surpassed the record held by Sir David Attenborough (aged 93).
 The late TV personality and chef Anthony Bourdain, who passed away in June 2018, won 2
posthumous Emmys for his series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.
 ‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 has secured 32 nominations at 71st Emmy Awards, creating a
record for the most number of Emmy nominations received in a single year surpassing the
record held by Drama series ‘NYPD Blue’ with 27 nominations in 1994.
 American television host James Corden, who anchors the late-night talk show ‘The Late Late
Show,’ became the most-nominated person (6 categories) in the 71st Emmy Awards.
List of Winners:
Category Awardee
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series Cherry Jones for The Handmaid’s Tale, “Holly”
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Star Trek: Discovery, “If Memory Serves”
Series, Movie or Special
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Barry, “ronny/lily”
Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Chernobyl, “1:23:45”
Movie
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative The Handmaid’s Tale, “Holly”
Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce on The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel (Episode: “All Alone”)
Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Kathryn Burns for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend –
Programming (Juried) “Routines: Don’t Be a Lawyer, Antidepressants
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Are So Not a Big Deal”

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Chernobyl
Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Russian Doll, “Nothing In This World Is Easy”
Program (Half-Hour)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Game Of Thrones, “The Long Night”
Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Barry, “ronny/lily”
Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Chernobyl, “1:23:45”
Role
Outstanding Special Visual Effects Game Of Thrones, “The Bells”
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Game Of Thrones, “The Bells”
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph
Lawrence on The Handmaid’s Tale, “Postpartum”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera The Ranch, “Reckless”
Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Simone”
Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series ane Lynch as Sophie Lennon on The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel, “Vote For Kennedy, Vote For
Kennedy”
Outstanding Main Title Design Game Of Thrones
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Nicholas Britell for Succession
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy or Chris O’Dowd as Tom on State Of The Union
Drama Series
Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Bandersnatch (Black Mirror)
Media Within A Scripted Program
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Ramin Djawadi for Game Of Thrones, “The Long
(Original Dramatic Score) Night”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Hildur Guðnadóttir for Chernobyl, “Please
Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Remain Calm”
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Fleabag
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Game Of Thrones
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Game Of Thrones, “The Long Night”
Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Chernobyl, “Please Remain Calm”
Movie
Outstanding Structured Reality Program Queer Eye
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Free Solo
Program
Outstanding Narrator Sir David Attenborough for Our Planet, “One
Planet”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Brandon Roberts and Marco Beltrami for Free
Series or Special (Original Dramatic Underscore) Solo
Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Free Solo, 360
Media Within An Unscripted Program
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, “Kenya”
Outstanding Motion Design (juried) Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Outstanding Informational Series or Special Anthony Bourdain for Parts Unknown
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Leaving Neverland
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Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Our Planet

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Free Solo
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program Free Solo
(Single or Multi-Camera)
Overview of 20th Edition of NEXA IIFA Awards for 2019

• The 20th Edition of NEXA International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA Awards) for 2019
was held on September 18, 2019 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai,
Maharashtra. For the first time, the award ceremony was held in India.
Category Awardee
Best Film Raazi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt for Raazi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat
Best Director Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun
Best Supporting Actor (Female) Aditi Rao Hydari for Padmaavat
Best Supporting Actor (Male) Vicky Kaushal for Sanju
Best Debutant (Female) Sara Ali Khan for Kedarnath
Best Debutant (Male) Ishaan Khatter for Dhadak and Beyond
the Clouds
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for “Ae Watan”- Raazi
Best Playback Singer (Female) Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf for
“Dilbaro” – Raazi
Best Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya for “Dhadak
(Title Track)”- “Dhadak”
Best Music Director Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak
Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey
Singh and Zack Knight (Sonu Ke Titu Ki
Sweety)
Best Story/ Screenplay Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti,
Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar and
Hemanth Rao for Andhadhun
Best music direction in the last 20 years Pritam Chakraborty for Ae Dil Hai
Mushkil
Best director in the last 20 years Rajkumar Hirani
Best film in the last 20 years Rakesh Roshan’s film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai
Best actor in the last 20 years Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
Best actress in the last 20 years Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema (Dance & Saroj Khan
Choreography)
Critics’ Award for Best Film AndhaDhun
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female) Neena Gupta, Badhaai Ho
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male) Ranveer Singh, “Padmaavat”
Best Debut Director Amar Kaushik, Stree
Best Dialogue Akshat Ghildial, Badhaai Ho
Best Original Story Anubhav Sinha, Mulk
Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film Hussain Dalal, Shameless
Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film Kirti Kulhari, Maya
People’s Choice Award for Best Short Film Plus Minus
Best Short Film (Fiction) Rogan Josh
Best Short Film (Non Fiction) The Soccer City
Best Music Album Padmaavat
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Best Lyrics Gulzar for Ae Watan, Raazi & for

AndhaDhun
Best Background Score Daniel George, AndhaDhun
Best Sound Design Kunal Sharma, Tumbbad
Best Choreography Kruti Mahesh Midya, Jyoti Tomaar for
Ghoomar, “Padmaavat”
Best Cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee — Padmaavat
Best Editing Pooja Ladha Surti, AndhaDhun
Best Costume Sheetal Sharma, Manto
Best Production Design Nitin Zihani Chaudhary and Rajesh
Yadav (Tumbbad)
Best VFX (Visual Effects) Red Chillies Fx, Zero
Best Sound Mixing Ajay Kumar P.B (Post House)-
Andhadhun
Best Special Effects Filmgate Films AB-Tumbbad
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema (Lifetime Legendary actor and comedian, Syed
Achievement Award ) Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, aka Jagdeep
Overview Of 71st Primetime Emmy Awards For 2019 Held At The Microsoft Theater In
Downtown Los Angeles, California, US
The 71st Edition of Primetime Emmy Awards for 2019 was held at the Microsoft Theater in
Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States (US) on September 22, 2019.
Key Points:
i. The awards were presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).
ii. They were given to the best in the US prime time television programming and individual
achievement from June 1, 2018 until May 31, 2019.
iii. The ceremony was broadcasted in the US by Fox Broadcasting Company and produced by Don
Mischer Productions and Done+Dusted. A total of 27 awards were presented.
iv. Fleabag, a British comedy-drama television show created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge,
won the most awards with 4.
v. The nominations were announced by D’Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong on July 16, 2019 and Game of
Thrones (HBO) topped the nominations list with 14.
vii. Actor Billy Porter for his role “Pose” in Episode: “Love Is the Message” became the first openly gay,
black man to receive the outstanding Lead Actor in drama.
List of Winners:
Category Winner
Outstanding Comedy Series Fleabag (Prime Video)
Outstanding Drama Series Game of Thrones (HBO-Home Box Office)
Outstanding Limited Series Chernobyl (HBO)
Outstanding Television Movie Bandersnatch (Black Mirror) (Netflix)
Outstanding Variety Talk Series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live (NBC-National Broadcasting
Company)
Outstanding Competition Program RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1- Video Hits One)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Bill Hader on Barry (Episode: “The Truth Has a Ring to It”)
Series (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag (Episode: “Episode 1”)
Comedy Series (Prime Video)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Billy Porter on Pose (Episode: “Love Is the Message”) (FX)
Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Jodie Comer on Killing Eve (Episode: “I Hope You Like
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Series Missionary!”) (BBC-British Broadcasting Corporation

America)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Jharrel Jerome on When They See Us (Netflix)
Series or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Michelle Williams on Fosse/Verdon (FX)
Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Tony Shalhoub on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode:
Comedy Series “We’re Going to the Catskills!”) (Prime Video)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Alex Borstein on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode:
Comedy Series “Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy”) (Prime Video)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Peter Dinklage on Game of Thrones (Episode: “The Iron
Drama Series Throne”) (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Julia Garner on Ozark (Episode: “The Gold Coast”) (Netflix)
Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Ben Whishaw on A Very English Scandal (Episode:
Limited Series or Movie “Episode 3”) (Prime Video)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Patricia Arquette on The Act (Episode: “Teeth”) (Hulu)
Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Fleabag (Episode: “Episode 1”), Directed by Harry
Series Bradbeer (Prime Video)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Ozark (Episode: “Reparations”), Directed by Jason Bateman
Series (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Chernobyl, Directed by Johan Renck (HBO)
Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Adam Sandler”),
Series Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Fleabag (Episode: “Episode 1”), Written by Phoebe Waller-
Series Bridge (Prime Video)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Succession (Episode: “Nobody Is Ever Missing”), Written
Series by Jesse Armstrong (HBO)
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Chernobyl, Written by Craig Mazin (HBO)
Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Series
Overview of FIFA Football Awards 2019 held in Teatroalla Scala in Milan, Italy
• On September 23, 2019 the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) which is
called as International Federation of Association Football in English conducted the FIFA
Football Awards 2019 held in Teatroalla Scala in Milan, Italy. The awards are briefed below. It
was the 4th edition after the award’s revival (the award was earlier given under the name FIFA
World Player of the Year which merged with France Football’s Ballon d’Or in 2010 to become
the FIFA Ballon d’Or in a six-year partnership). The first awarding ceremony held in 2016.
 Argentinian football player Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, commonly known as Lionel
Messi won 2019 Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award for the first time after the
award’s revival.
 American soccer player Megan Rapinoe won the Best FIFA Women’s Player award 2019 for
the first time.
Award Winner Football Club(FC)
The Best FIFA Men’s Player Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona FC
The Best FIFA Women’s Player Megan Rapinoe (America) Reign FC
The Best FIFA Men’s coach JurgenKlopp (Germany) Liverpool FC
The Best FIFA Women’s coach Jill Ellis (America) –
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Best FIFA Men’s goalkeeper Alisson Becker (Brazil) Liverpool FC

The Best FIFA Women’s goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal Atlético Madrid
(Netherlands) Femenino
FIFA Puskás Award Daniel Zsori (Hungary) Fehérvár FC
FIFA fan Award Silvia Grecco –
FIFA fair play award Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds –
United squad
Recognitions
Name of Persons Recognitions
Priyavrata Youngest person to pass
the“Mahapariksha”
Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), Mumbai, “Global Top 50 IB Schools 2019" by
Maharashtra was ranked at 10th position in the list United Kingdom(UK)
Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan. Andhra Pradesh governor Youngest state governor
Biswa Bhusan Harichandan is the oldest at the age of 85
among the current governors.
“Srivilliputtur Palkova” in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Geographical Indication(GI) tag
Nadu
Gangs Of Wasseypur- It claimed the 59th position. The first The Guardian list of the 100 Best
spot was claimed by the film There Will Be Blood(2007) Films of the 21st century- Only Indian
film in the list
Secunderabad railway station The first station awarded with green
‘Platinum rating’ by the Indian Green
Building Council (IGBC)
Moti Bagh- documentary film Nominated for an Oscar 2020
OP Jindal Global University (JGU) Institution of Eminence (IOE)’ status
by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development(MHRD
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Most valued domestic firm in market
capitalisation (m-cap)
Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay- topped all the QS(Quacquarelli Symonds) Graduate
Indian institutes in the list with band ranking 111-120 Employability Rankings 2020
Ladakhi Shondol dance Creates history by entering into the

Guinness book of world records
India's Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) World’s best real-time payment
service in comparison to the similar
facilities of 54 countries.
Pooja Desai Mrs India - Pride of the Nation 2019
PT Usha Veteran Pin by the International
Association of Athletics Federation
(IAAF)
Mukesh Ambani(London based SP Hinduja and family (Rs IIFL (India Infoline Finance Limited)
1.86 lakh crore), Wipro founder Azim Premji (Rs 1.17 lakh Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019
crore), LN Mittal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of ArcelorMittal (Rs 1.07 lakh crore) secured the
second, third and fourth positions respectively.)
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SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

No Name of Place Facts about the summits /conferences
Summits/Conferences
1. 2019 UNICEF South Asian Colombo city, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Parliamentarian Srilanka along with the parliament of Srilanka
Conference on Children conducted the conference. This is the 3rd
Rights Convention convention conducted by UNICEF with
parliamentarians for children where the
meeting aims to discuss the issues faced by
children and on the challenges to improve the
child rights.
2. First helicopter summit Dehradun, Ministry of Aviation jointly with Federation of
2019 Uttarakhand Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) organized to discuss the issues related
to connectivity through helicopters. The
Indian Air Force(IAF) were invited for a talk
on 'Role of IAF helicopters in MEDEVAC
(medical evacuation) at National level'.The
summit was based on the theme “expanding
connectivity through helicopters”.
3. 35th Tri-Services Jaisalmer, It was held under the aegis of the Army
Commanders Conference Rajasthan Southern Command headquartered in Pune
for 2019 and was hosted by Southern Army
Commander Lieutenant-General SK Saini.
4. 64th Commonwealth Kampala, Uganda The theme ‘Adaption, engagement, and
Parliamentary evolution of parliaments in a rapidly changing
Conference (CPC) for Commonwealth’. It was organized by the
2019 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
(CPA) Uganda Branch and the Parliament of
Uganda and hosted by the CPA President
Designate (2018-2019), Rt Hon. Rebecca
Kadaga, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.
Read full details here: 64th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference for 2019 held in
Kampala, Uganda
5. 4th edition of Indian Malé, Maldives External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India, Dr. S.
Ocean Conference (IOC) Jaishankar addressed the conference.
2019
6. 4th South Asian Speakers’ Malé, Maldives It was organised by the Inter-Parliamentary
summit on achieving the Union (IPU) and the People's Majlis(single
Sustainable Development legislative body of the Maldives).
Goals (SDG)
7. National Conference on New Delhi It is organised by Indian Council of World
2019 ‘India-Africa Affairs (ICWA). During the conference, India
Partnership in a Changing had also signed the African Continental Free
Global Order–Priorities, Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) to make
Prospects and Challenges’ Africa the largest trade area in the world.
Read full details here: “National Conference
On India-Africa Partnership In A Changing
Global Order” Addressed By Vice President
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8. First National Conference New Delhi The Director of Central Bureau of

on Cyber Crime Investigation (CBI) Rishi Kumar Shukla
Investigation and Cyber inaugurated the conference at the CBI
Forensics headquarters. It was a 2-day conference held
on September 4-5, 2019.
9. Western Air Command, New Delhi Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa was
Commanders' Conference the chief guest of the Conference. Air Officers
2019 Commanding or Station Commanders of all Air
Force Stations under Western Air Command
participated in the conference.
10. National Youth Summit New Delhi It was organized by Youth Awakening Mission
2019 (a wing of Paavan Chintan Dhara Charitable
Trust, Ghaziabad). The 2-day summit was
concluded at the ALT Center in Rajnagar,
Ghaziabad on 8 September 2019.
11. 2019 National conference New Delhi Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister
on crop residue Shri Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the
management event. 20 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and
Uttar Pradesh were felicitated for their
contribution in crop management
12. First conference on New Delhi The aim of the conference was to share the
military medicine for best medicinal practice and render medical
Shanghai Cooperation support in military field and to overcome
Organization (SCO) common challenges involved.
member countries
13. First of its kind New Delhi It was jointly organised by Mobius
International Conference Foundation, the Climate Reality Project, India
on Sustainability in partnership with United Nations
Education 2019 Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) New Delhi office.
Asia’s first environment school named World
Environment School (WESc) was also
launched on the occasion in coorg, Karnataka.
Read full details here: First International
Conference On Sustainability Education
2019 Held At The India Habitat Centre In
New Delhi
14. 16th Global SME (Small New Delhi The theme “Making Indian MSMEs Globally
and Medium Enterprises) Competitive”. The summit organized by
Business Summit for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
2019 Enterprises (MSME) and Confederation of
Indian Industries (CII) was inaugurated by
union minister for MSME and Road Transport
& Highways Mr Nitin Gadkari in the presence
of Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, MSME and
others.
15. 6th edition of New Delhi Under the theme “Containing Counterfeiting,
International Conference Smuggling and Piracy: A Winning Strategy”.
Movement Against This annual flagship event was organized by
Smuggling and the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Counterfeit Trade Commerce & Industry’s (FICCI) Committee
(MASCRADE) for 2019 Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting
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Activities Destroying the Economy

(CASCADE). Read full details here: 6th edition
of MASCRADE for 2019 held in New Delhi
16. 74th edition of United New York, United It was hosted/convened by the UN Secretary-
Nations (UN) Climate States General António Guterres in order to meet the
Action Summit 2019 urgent need to address climate change; to
achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and
to galvanize action that can limit climate
change to 2°C and even to 1.5°C. The theme of
this summit was "Climate Action Summit
2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must
Win". Read full details here: Overview of
United Nations Climate Action Summit
2019 held at UN Headquarters in New
York, United States
17. 63rd Annual Regular Vienna, Austria The Indian delegation to the conference was
Session of the led by Dr. K N Vyas, Chairman of the Atomic
International Atomic Energy Commission(AEC) and Secretary of the
Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Atomic Energy(DEA). Read full
General Conference details here: 5 Days Long 63rd General
Conference Of IAEA Held In Vienna, Austria
MEETING & COMMITTEE

Meetings Held
No. Name of Meeting Place Facts about the Committee/Meeting
1. 24th Edition of World Abu Dhabi, United Under the theme “Energy for Prosperity”. The
Energy Congress (WEC) Arab Emirates triennial event is a global flagship event of
for 2019 (UAE) World Energy Council.
2. 8th Edition of Asian Abu Dhabi, United India was the co host along with UAE. It was
Ministerial Energy Arab Emirates held alongside the 24th Edition of World
Roundtable (AMER8) for (UAE) Energy Congress (WEC). From the Indian side,
the year 2019 it was attended by the Union Minister of
Petroleum & Natural Gas Mr Dharmendra
Pradhan who is on a 3 day visit to UAE. Read
full details here: AMER8 for the year 2019
held in Abu Dhabi
3. 3rd round of meeting Attari in Amritsar, This is the second meeting between the two
between officials of India Punjab countries in the backdrop of tensions arising
& Pakistan on the between India and Pakistan after the
modalities for withdrawal of special state status from Jammu
operationalization of the and Kashmir(J&K). The Indian delegation was
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor led by SCL Das, Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Home Affairs and the Pakistani delegation led
by Dr. Mohammad Faisal, Director General
(South Asia and SAARC), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Read full details here: India-Pakistan
3rd round of negotiations on Kartarpur
Sahib corridor held in Attari, Amritsar
4. 7th Regional Bangkok, Thailand Along with this meeting, he also attended the
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Comprehensive Economic 16th ASEAN India Economic Ministers (AEM)

Partnership (RCEP) meeting and the 7th East Asia Economic
meeting of the 10members Ministers Summit held at the same place.
of the Association of
Southeast Asian
Nations(ASEAN) countries
and its 6 Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) partners
5. 50th Edition of World Davos-Klosters, The Chief Minister of Punjab Captain
Economic Forum (WEF) Switzerland Amarinder Singh will be attending the meeting
Annual Meeting for 2020 as he has accepted the invitation of WEF
president Borge Brende which was issued on
behalf of the Forum Board of Trustees.
6. 22nd session of the United Geneva, Indian delegation was led by Mrs. Shakuntala
Nations (UN) Committee Switzerland D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of
on Convention on Rights of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD).
(CRPD)
7. 46th meeting of the New Delhi The meeting was chaired by Shri Durga
Central Approval and Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of
Monitoring Committee Housing & Urban Affairs.They approved 865
(CSMC) for the year 2019 proposals from 10 States for the construction
of 2.99 lakh houses, with an overall
investment of Rs. 15,109 cr. The Central
assistance will be Rs. 4,482 crore.
8. 72nd Session of the WHO New Delhi Union Minister of Health and Family
Regional Committee for Welfare(MoHFW) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
South-East Asia inaugurated the ‘72nd Session of the WHO
Regional Committee for South-East Asia’ in
New Delhi and was also unanimously elected
as the chair of the 72nd Session of the WHO
Regional Committee for South-East Asia. The
month of September to be observed as
“PoshanMaah” (Nutrition Month) addressing
malnutrition problems and improve healthy
eating and move towards ‘Malnutrition-Free
India’. Read full details here: ‘72nd Session Of
The WHO Regional Committee For South-
East Asia’ Held In New Delhi
9. 3rd India-Australia Cyber New Delhi Shri Upender Singh Rawat, Joint Secretary in
Policy Dialogue for the charge of e-Governance, Information
year 2019 Technology and Cyber Diplomacy at the Indian
Ministry of External Affairs led the Indian
delegation and Australian delegation was led
by the Ambassador for Cyber Affairs Dr.
Tobias Feakin. Read full details here: 3rd
India-Australia Cyber Dialogue For The
Year 2019 Held In New Delhi
10. 6th India-China Strategic New Delhi The Indian delegation was led by Dr. Rajiv
Economic Dialogue(SED) Kumar, Vice Chairman(VC) of National
Institution of Transforming India Aayog(NITI).
The delegation from China was led by Mr. He
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Lifeng, chairman of National Development and

Reform Commission (NDRC). Read full details
here: 6th India-China Strategic Economic
Dialogue 2019 Held In New Delhi
11. 16th Session of the Joint New Delhi With the aim to improve bilateral economic
Economic Commission and trade relations between the two countries.
(JEC) 2019 between India Raed full details here: 16th Session Of The
& Belgium -Luxembourg Joint Economic Commission 2019 Between
Economic Union (BLEU) India And BLEU Held In New Delhi
12. 37th Good and Service Panaji, Goa Meeting held under the Chairmanship of Union
Tax (GST) Council Meeting Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt
Nirmala Sitharaman on September 20, 2019. It
was attended by Union Minister of State for
Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag
Thakur, Chief Minister of Goa Shri Pramod
Sawant, Finance Ministers of States & Union
territories (UTs) and senior officers of the
Ministry of Finance. Read full details here:
Overview Of The 37th GST Council Meeting
For 2019 Held In Panaji, Goa
13. 21st session of the Food Panaji, Goa It was the second session of the Coordinating
and Agriculture Committee in Asia, organized by the Food
Organisation (FAO) and Safety and Standards Authority of India
World Health Organisation (FSSAI) in collaboration with the WHO and
(WHO) Coordinating FAO of the United Nations (UN).
Committee of Asia for
2019
14. 2019 Joint Naval Annual Visakhapatnam, The Naval Quality Assurance Establishments
Quality Conclave (JNAQC) Andhra Pradesh with the support of Director General Quality
Assurance (DGQA), Ministry of Defence, hosted
the Conclave. The theme for 2019 is
“Transformation of QA Paradigm:
Opportunities and Challenges”. Vice Admiral
Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-
Chief of Eastern Naval Command, was the chief
guest for the event.
Committee’s Formed
No. Name of Head Facts about the Committee
Committee/Organization
which formed the
committee
1. Panel of ministers from Nirmala It will study the proposal of Ministry of Health,
commerce, health, Sitharaman Government of India(GoI) to ban the
agriculture, chemicals and production and import of e-cigarettes, through
petrochemicals, and food an ordinance.
processing departments
2. Union Finance Minister Mr Atanu For drawing up National Infrastructure
Nirmala Sitharaman Chakraborty Pipeline of Rs 100 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion)
constituted a task force from the fiscal year 2019-20 to 2024-25. It
also includes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of NITI Aayog Mr Amitabh Kant. Read full
details here: A Task Force Headed By
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Economic Affairs Secretary Mr Atanu

Chakraborty Set Up To Draw Up National
Infrastructure Pipeline Of Rs 100 Lakh
Crore
3. IRDAI (Insurance Atul Sahai In order to review its three-year old guidelines
Regulatory and (set up in 2016) on trade credit insurance due
Development Authority of to the changing market requirements.
India) has set up a 9-
member panel
4. Centre constituted 3- Shri Sanjay Mitra To look into assets, liabilities of Jammu and
member panel Kashmir(J&K) between two successor Union
territories(UT) J&K and Ladakh, that comes
into effect on October 31, 2019. The other
members on the panel include, ArunGoyal-
retired Indian Administrative Service(IAS)
officer and, Giriraj Prasad Gupta- Retired
Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer.
5. National Green Tribunal To look into the issues related to illegal
(NGT) formed a committee groundwater extraction and prevent them.
The committee headed by NGT chairperson
Adharsh Kumar Goel directed the panel to
frame mechanism to prevent the unauthorized
extraction and also to monitor the functioning
of Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).
6. Ministry of Electronics and Kris To study issues related to non-personal data
Information Technology Gopalakrishnan and suggest the ways to regulate non-
(Meity) has framed an 8- personal data.
membered high-level
panel
7. Corporate affairs ministry Injeti Srinivas To promote the ease of living and by providing
constituted the11- Ease of Doing Business to the companies
member company law abiding the law decided to be set up, a
committee company law committee to look into the issues
pertaining to the implementation of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the Limited Liability
Partnership Act, 2008.
8. Securities and Exchange Ishaat Hussain To suggest possible measures and regulations
Board of India(SEBI) has in creating the ‘social stock exchanges’. The
formed a 15-member formation of this committee comes after
committee Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s
maiden union budget speech to take the
capital markets closer to inclusive growth and
financial inclusion.
9. 47th Central Sanctioning Durga Shanker The Committee approved 630 proposals from
and Monitoring Committee Mishra participating states for the construction of
(CSMC) 1.23 lakh houses with an overall investment of
Rs. 4,988 cr under the Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U). With this,
cumulative sanctions of houses under
PMAY(U) crossed 90 lakh houses against the
validated demand of 1.12 crore. The union
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government will provide the assistance worth

Rs. 1,805 cr.
10. Government reconstitutes EAC-PM till 2021
• Union Government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
(EAC-PM) for a period of 2 years with effect from September 26, 2019. Dr. Bibek Debroy
will continue as Chairman and Mr Ratan P. Watal will continue as the Member Secretary.
These are the 2 full time members. Dr Sajjid Chinoy, Indian economist at JP Morgan is the
new part-time member and Ashima Goel of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR) will continue to be the Part-Time Member.
INDEX
RANKINGS
Report Titles Name of the Organizations Key Notes
that Release the
report/Who Released
"Global Happiness Ipsos Top Countries:
Survey" 1. Australia and Canada tied at the top spot (at 86
per cent)
2. China(83%)
3. Great Britain(82%)
India ranked at 9th Position at 77%.
Global Liveability Economist Intelligence Top 3 Cities:
Index Unit(EIU) 1. Vienna (Austria)
2. Melbourne (Australia)
3. Sydney(Australia)
Rank of Indian Cities:
118. Delhi (India)
119. Mumbai (India)
2019 list of gold World Gold Council (WGC) Top Countries:
reserves 1. United States
2. Germany
3. International Monetary Fund(IMF)
4. Italy
5. France
10. India (overall, including IMF)
9. India (ranking, excluding IMF)
2019 world travel & World Economic Top 4 countries:
tourism Forum(WEF) 1. Spain
competitiveness 2. France
index 3. Germany
4. Japan (tops in Asia pacific Region)
34. India
Co-living index for Knight Frank Top 3 Cities:
the year 2019 titled 1. Beijing (China)
"Insights on Co- 2. Tokyo(Japan)
living – An Asia- 3. Shanghai(China)
Pacific Perspective" Mumbai ranked at the 5th spot, New Delhi
ranked at the 11th spot and the electronic city of
India, Bengaluru ranked at the 19th spot in the
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index.
First edition of National Institution for Top 3 States in Overall Performance Ranking
School Education Transforming (2016-17):
Quality Index India(NITI)Aayog Large States - 1. Kerala 2. Rajasthan 3. Karnataka
(SEQI) 2019 Small States - 1. Manipur 2. Tripura 3. Goa
Union Territories - 1. Chandigarh 2. Dadra and
Nagar Haveli 3. Delhi
World Digital International Institute for Top 3 Countries:
Competitiveness Management Development’s 1. United State (US)
Rankings (WDCR) (IMD) 2. Singapore
2019 3. Sweden
India ranked at 44th position in 2019
REPORTS
“Steering Submitted by Inter- Read full details here: Panel On Fintech Related
Committee on Ministerial committee set up Issues Formulated By The Ministry Of
Fintech related by the Ministry of Finance, Finance Submits Its Final Report
issues 2019 ” Department of Economic
Affairs, Government of
India(GoI) on Fintech
(Financial technology)
related issues headed by
Shri Atanu Chakraborty
"India Iodine Nutrition International in Top 3 States/UT’s:
Survey 2018-19" collaboration with the All 1.Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)
India Institute of Medical 2.Nagaland and
Sciences (AIIMS) and, the 3.Manipur
Indian Coalition for the
Control of Iodine Deficiency
Disorders (ICCIDD), and
Kantar
Global Malaria Lancet journal India is ranked fourth in Global Malaria Cases in
Cases in 2017 2017.India has 4% of the cases worldwide
behind the African countries Nigeria, Democratic
Republic of Congo and Mozambique. In 2017, 10
million malaria cases in India out of the 219
million cases of malaria worldwide. Read in
detail: According To A Report Published In
The Lancet Journal, India Is Ranked Fourth In
Global Malaria Cases In 2017
"Digital Economy United Nations Conference DER was formerly known as the Information
Report 2019 - Value on Trade and Development Economy Report. It examines the scope for value
Creation and (UNCTAD) creation and capture in the digital economy by
Capture: developing countries. Read full details here:
Implications for UNCTAD released its first ‘Digital Economy
developing Report 2019’
countries"
2nd edition of Commerce and industry Top 3 States:
perception-based minister Shri Piyush Goyal 1. Gujarat
index of mobility of 2. Punjab and
goods and 3. Andhra Pradesh
efficiency, the
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Logistics Ease
Across Different
States (LEADS)
index
‘Mid-Monsoon 2019 India Meteorological It is prepared by IMD’s research body Climate
Lightning’ Department(IMD) Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council
(CROSPC). It is a first of its kind report in India
about lighting incidents and lighting hotspots. As
per report, Odisha was reported to have more
lightning strikes than any other states in last 4
months.
The International United Nations (UN) India topped the country of origin of
Migrant Stock 2019 international migrants in 2019 with 17.5 million
migrants globally, making it the largest diaspora
in the world. Country wise, United States (US)
hosted large no. of international migrants at 51
million equaling 19% of the world’s total. Read
full deatils here: India With 17.5million
International Migrants, Tops Country Of
Origin Of International Migrants In 2019 By
UN’s ‘International Migrant Stock 2019’
Report
The burden of child Lancet Child & Adolescent Two-thirds of the children below 5 years deaths
and maternal Health by India State-Level in 2017 (706,000 out of 1.04 million) in India are
malnutrition and Disease Burden Initiative still attributable to malnutrition. Read full details
trends in its here: Malnutrition among children reduced by
indicators in the two-thirds in 27 years, but 68.2 % of children
states of India: the under five years are still malnourished in India:
Global Burden of Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Read full
Disease Study details here: Malnutrition among children
1990–2017 reduced by two-thirds in 27 years, but 68.2 %
of children under five years are still
malnourished in India: Lancet Child &
Adolescent Health
T N Manoharan Taskforce on Secondary Market for Corporate Loans submits its Report to RBI
• A 6-member taskforce on secondary market for corporate loans, headed by Canara Bank
Chairman TN Manoharan has submitted its report to RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Governor
Shaktikanta Das. It has proposed for setting up of a Self-Regulatory Body for the
standardization of corporate loan documents. Read full deatils here: T N Manoharan
Taskforce on Secondary Market for Corporate Loans submits its Report to RBI.
Overview Of The Report Submitted To RBI By A Panel Headed By Harsh Vardhan For The
Development Of Housing Finance Securitisation Market
• The panel headed by Harsh Vardhan, senior advisor, Bain and Co., for the development of
housing finance securitisation market has submitted its report to the governor of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das. The six-member committee was set up by RBI on May 29,
2019. The panel suggested that the National Housing Bank (NHB) should create an
intermediary for standard-setting and market-making for the instruments. Read full details
here: Overview Of The Report Submitted To RBI By A Panel Headed By Harsh Vardhan
For The Development Of Housing Finance Securitisation Market
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DEFENCE
EXERCISE’s:
Exercise Name Participating Countries Location
SLINEX for the year 2019 India and Srilanka(SL).Two Sri Visakhapatnam in Andhra
Lanka Navy Ships(SLNS) Pradesh
namely Sindurala and
Suranimala that are offshore
patrol vehicles left the
Trincomalee port of Srilanka to
participate in the exercise.
First Asean-US Maritime United States (US) and 10 Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand
Exercise (AUMX) Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN)
15th edition of biggest joint Indian and the United States(US) Lewis McChord Joint Airforce
military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ Base,Washington(US)
2019
28th edition of India-Thailand India and Thailand. Indian Naval Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinated Patrol(Indo-Thai Ship(INS) Kesari and His
CORPAT) Majesty’s Thailand Ship(HTMS)
Kraburi participated.
Maitree – 2019 India and Thailand Umroi, Meghalaya
‘HimVijay’ Indian Army and Indian Air China border near Arunachal
Force (IAF) Pradesh. Read full details here:
In October 2019, The Indian
Army Will Conduct A Large
War Exercise Near China
Border Named ‘HimVijay’
SITMEX (Singapore-India- Singapore, India and Thailand Port Blair, the capital of
Thailand Maritime Exercise) Andaman and Nicobar islands
Chang Thang Indian army. The exercise Eastern Ladakh
involved all the arms of the
Indian army like T-72 tanks,
artillery guns and helicopters,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles etc.
TSENTR 2019 8 SCO member countries DONGUZ ranges near Orenburg,
inclusive of Russia namely China, Russia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, and
Pakistan
ExerciseTiger Triumph India and the United States(US) Visakhapatnam and Kakinada,
first ever tri-services exercise both of state Andhra Pradesh
23rd edition of “Malabar 2019” India, US and Japan Sasebo, Japan
Testing:
Missile Name Location Features
Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh The missile weighs around 14 kg
Missile (MP-ATGM) with maximum range of around
2.5 kms, will replace Soviet-era
anti-tank missiles.
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Air-to-Air missile Astra from Bay of Bengal off the coast of It has a range of over 70 km and
Su-30 MKI Odisha can fly towards its target at a
speed of over 5,555 kilometres
per hour. It has a 15-kilogramme
high-explosive pre-fragmented
warhead.
BrahMos supersonic cruise Chandipur coast in Odisha Having a strike range of 290 km,
this missile can be fired from
both land and sea based
platforms and also adds strength
to the “Make in India” flagship
programme. The BrahMos
missile is a joint venture
between India’s DRDO and
Russia’s NPOM (NPO
Mashinostroyeniya).
Other News Related to Defence:
Centre clears over Rs 5,000 crore worth Akash missile project for Air Force
• In a bid to strengthen the Indian Air Force (IAF), the central government has approved the
procurement of 6 squadrons of indigenous Akash Air Defense missile for the Air Force at a cost
of Rs 5,000 crore. They will be deployed along the borders with Pakistan and China.
INS Sahyadri and Kiltan visit Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Thailand for port call
• Two Indian Navy Warships- INS Sahyadri and Kiltan visited Laem Chabang, Bangkok,Thailand
for a port call which is scheduled till September 3, 2019, as a part of the Navy's Overseas
Deployment to South East Asia and Western Pacific. Both ships represent the ‘coming of age’ of
India’s warship building capabilities.
IAF Receives 8 US-Made ‘Apache AH-64E’ Fighter Helicopters
• The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 8 US-made ‘Apache AH-64E’ fighter helicopters from
US (United States)aerospace major Boeing at Airforce Station, Pathankot, Punjab. Air Chief
Marshal B. S. Dhanoa was the chief guest of the ceremony held at the Pathankot Station. Read
full details here: IAF receives 8 US-made 'Apache AH-64E' fighter helicopters.
Rs 2,000 crore acquisition proposals approved by DAC, under 'Make in India' initiative
• Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under the ministry of defence chaired by Shri Rajnath Singh
(defence minister) has approved proposals for procurement, for the India armed forces
Services, worth Rs 2000 crore as part of the “Make in India” initiative including Indigenous
production of 125mm Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding-Sabot (APFSDS) ammunition
for 2414 no. of T-72 and 2011 no. of T-90 tanks.
Indian Navy ships Sahyadri and Kiltan are on a port call at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
• Indian Navy ships Sahyadri and Kiltan made a port call to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia for a 3 day
visit from September 12 – 15, 2019 as a part of Indian Navy’s Overseas Deployment to South
East Asia and Western Pacific. They operate under the Command of Rear Admiral Suraj Berry,
Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet.
DRDO gives second indigenously developed AEWC aircraft 'Netra' to Air Force
• The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has handed over the 2nd
indigenously developed AEWC (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft, 'Netra' to the
Indian Air Force(IAF). Western Air Command Chief Air Marshal R Nambier Nambiar accepted
the planes at the acceptance ceremony at Bathinda Airbase in Punjab.
Defence Minister Rajnath singh approves for writing history of India’s borders
• Union Minister of Defence Shri Rajnath Singh gave approval for writing history on India’s
borders for better understanding of the borders. The proposed work will include making and
unmaking and shifting of borders, the role of people in the border & their socio economic
aspects of life etc. This project is expected to be completed in two years.
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India to achieve $26 billion defence industry target by 2025

• The Defence Minister of India Mr Rajnath Singh at the 2nd annual session of the Society of
Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) for 2019 in New Delhi addressed that India will achieve
$26 billion defence industry target by 2025. It is predicted that there will be an investment of
$10 billion and it will create 2.3 million employment opportunities.
Rajnath Singh becomes first Indian defence minister to fly in home-built LCA Tejas from the
HAL Airport, Bengaluru
• Defence Minister of India, Mr Rajnath Singh became the first Indian defence minister to fly (for
30 minutes) the indigenously-built light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas from the Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport, also known as Hindustan Airport, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Indian Air Force gets first shipment of new version of Israeli Guided Bomb Spice 2000
• The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the first consignment of the upgraded version of the
Guided Bomb Spice-2000 with Mark 84 warheads and bombs from Israel at the Gwalior
airbase, Madhya Pradesh. The bombs are being given to India under a contract worth about Rs
300 crore signed between India and Israel in June 2019.
DRDO presents war gaming software to the Indian Navy at ISSA Delhi
• Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) handed over New-Generation
Wargaming Software to the Indian Navy with the aim of enabling Maritime Warfare Centres
(MWCs) and train using the latest technologies. The software was handed over by DRDO
chairman and defence secretary G. Satheesh Reddy to G Ashok Kumar, the Vice Chief of Naval
Staff at the Institute for Systems Studies and Analysis (ISSA), Delhi. The software is developed
by DRDO’s laboratory- ISSA, Delhi in collaboration with MWC of Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd delivered second Scorpene submarine “KHANDERI” to Indian
Navy in Mumbai
• India’s biggest warship builder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd(MDL), delivered the second of
the 6 scorpene class submarine, Indian Naval Ship (INS) khanderi to the Indian Navy in
Mumbai, Maharashtra. The submarine commissioned at Naval dockyard by the Union Defence
Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.
Defence Ministry signed Rs.5,500 crore contract for additional indigenous Akash SAM systems
and LCAs
• Union defence ministry signed contracts worth Rs. 5,500crores for 7 squadrons of Akash
Surface to Air Missile (SAM) systems and 83 Light Combat Aircrafts (LCA) to be deployed by
the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the borders of China and Pakistan. The cabinet ministry headed by
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi cleared the project for IAF.The main vendors in this
contract are Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) along with
150 private vendors.
NASA successfully launches RamanSat 2, a miniature satellite made by Indian student Aabhaas
Sikka
• An independent space agency of the United States(US) , NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) has successfully launched a miniature satellite called “RamanSat 2” made by a
17-year old New Delhi-based Indian student Aabhaas Sikka ,from NASA’s Columbia Scientific
Balloon Facility in New Mexico, US and achieved an altitude of 38 km.
Defence Minister Mr Rajnath Singh Commissions ICGS Varaha At The Chennai Port Trust
Defence Minister of India, Mr Rajnath Singh commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS)
Varaha at the Chennai Port Trust, Tamil Nadu in the presence of ICG Director General (DG)
Krishnaswamy Natarajan and others. It is the fourth in the series of seven 98-m Offshore Patrol
Vessels (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). Mr Singh had also participated in the Investiture
Ceremony of Coast Guard in Chennai. Read full details here: Defence Minister Mr Rajnath
Singh Commissions ICGS Varaha At The Chennai Port Trust
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World's biggest transport spaceship Kounotori8 launched by Japan

• Japan’s unmanned H-2B rocket lifted off with cargo vessel Kounotori8 towards the
International Space Station (ISS) from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA)
Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, which is considered as the world's biggest
transport spaceship. It intends to deliver about 5.3 tonnes of supplies to astronauts at the ISS.
The main contractor for the Japanese H-2B rocket was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
Rajnath Singh commissions 2nd INS Khanderi attack submarine, 1st P-17 Shivalik-class frigate
INS Nilgiri & the largest aircraft carrier drydock
• The Defence Minister of India, Mr Rajnath Singh commissioned India’s second Scorpene-class
attack submarine INS Khanderi, India’s first P-17 Shivalik-class frigate INS Nilgiri and the
largest aircraft carrier drydock into the Indian Navy in a ceremony held at the Mazagon Docks
in Mumbai, Maharashtra in the presence of Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh and others.
Read full details here: Rajnath Singh commissions 2nd INS Khanderi attack submarine, 1st
P-17 Shivalik-class frigate INS Nilgiri & the largest aircraft carrier drydock
Pandit Jasraj becomes first Indian Musician to have a minor planet 2006 VP32 named after him
• International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named minor planet 2006 VP32 (number -
300128), located between Mars and Jupiter, as “Panditjasraj”after Indian classical vocal
musician PanditJasraj. By this he became the first Indian musician to have a minor planet
named after him.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apps/Portals Launched:
Mobile apps/portal Launched by Purpose
“Good Vibes” and “Relumino” Samsung “Good Vibes” a communication tool for deaf
and blind people and “Relumino” that helps
the visually impaired people to see the images
clearer.
Management Information Union Minister of It was developed by the Department of
System (MIS) Portal Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for
Empowerment, stakeholders of Accessible India Campaign
Thaawarchand (AIC) in New Delhi.
Gehlot
‘Private Security Agency Shri Amit Shah In order to help in reducing formalities in
Licensing Portal’ getting a license to the private security
agencies. Information such as no. of licensed
agencies will also be available in the portal in
order to prevent fraudulent activities. This
portal will be regulated under the Private
Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005.
CHC Farm Machinery App & Narendra Singh CHC Farm Machinery App: Narendra Singh
Krishi Kisan App Tomar Tomar launched the CHC Farm Machinery App
for the farmers to connect with the Custom
Hiring Centers(CHC) located within 50 km
radius.
Krishi Kisan App: Through this app, farmer will
be provided with information about high-
yielding crops and seeds in their nearby area.
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Other Science and Technology News of National & International

‘Samudrayaan’- Deep ocean mining project to be undertaken by India
• India’s deep-sea project “Samudrayaan” undertaken by National Institute of Ocean Technology,
Chennai (NIOT) is proposed to be launched in 2021-22. The proposed project announced by
NIOT Director MA Atmanand, is a part of Ministry of Earth Sciences' pilot project, and plans to
send three persons to depth in a submersible vehicle of 6000mtrs for underwater studies
related to deep-sea mining of rare minerals.
Iranian army introduces a new homegrown jet-propelled drone called "Kian"
• Iranian Army has unveiled a high-precision jet-propelled drone called “Kian”, which has the
capacity of carrying long-time surveillance missions and attack the targets far from the
country's borders.The new drone comes at a time increasing tensions between Iran and the
United States(US) since US President Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew the US from the Iran
nuclear deal -2015 and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
ISRO lost the signal from chandrayaan 2’s lander Vikram
• The communication from Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander of 1471 kg to Indian Space Research
Organisation’s (ISRO) ground station was lost before its soft landing on the unexplored lunar
south pole of the Moon. The contact was lost when the lander was 2.1km away from the surface
of the moon. Rs 978-crore project consisted of 3 components namely the Orbiter, the Lander
‘Vikram’, and the Rover Pragyan (27kg).
IAF Chief B S Dhanoa restored Ambala-based 17th Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ to operate first
unit of Rafale aircraft
• Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa restored Air Force
Station (AFS) Ambala-based 17th Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ which will be committed to
operate India-Pakistan frontier. It will be the first unit to operate the newly-acquired Rafale
aircraft. He also presented a memento to Station Commander Group Captain Harkirat Singh to
commemorate the occasion.
China launches 3 satellites, will help areas including disaster management and climate
monitoring
• China has successfully launched three satellites (a resource satellite- ZY-1 02D and two small
satellites). These satellites have been launched in a predetermined orbit that will help in
disaster management, urban construction and monitoring of polar regions and global climate
change.
K2-18b: Water discovered for the first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet
• Astronomers have found water for the first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet- K2-18b
which orbits in its star's "habitable zone". The article was published in the scientific journal
Nature Astronomy and the lead scientist of the research is Prof Giovanna Tinetti of University
College London (UCL), United Kingdom.
BHEL commissions 1,320 MW thermal plant in Jharsuguda, Odisha
• Govt. of India owned state run engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
announced commissioning of 1320 MegaWatt(MW) power project in Ib Thermal Power
Station(ITPS) in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district. This generated power will be supplied to Grid
Corporation of Odisha(GRIDCO).
First-ever arrested landing of LCA Tejas successfully executed by DRDO, ADA
• The first-ever arrested landing of the Light Combat Aircraft(LCA) Tejas was successfully
executed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) and Aeronautical
Development agency(ADO) of DRDO at INS Hansa, Goa at a shore based facility centre. This
achievement would pave way to take up aircraft carrier landing demonstration on Indian Naval
Aircraft Carrier, INS (Indian Naval Ship) Vikramaditya.
Astronomers using NSF’s Green Bank Telescope discovered the most massive neutron star
ever- MSP J0740+6620
• Astronomers at West Virginia University (U.S) using Green Bank Telescope (GBT) of the
National Science Foundation (NSF) in Pocahontas County, United States (US) have discovered
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the most massive neutron star ever called MSP J0740+6620. It is one of the densest objects in
the known universe. The research was published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
Consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched online ‘national laboratory directory’
• Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
launched an online ‘National Laboratoy Directory’ ,a one-stop-shop that provides information
about testing infrastructure of industries, academia, researchers and various products of
Indian standards for stakeholder benefits, especially start- ups. ‘Manak-Online’ – Public web
interface and app have also been developed for to check authenticity of a BIS Licence /
Registration of a product.
President Ram Nath Kovind launched First Indigenous High Temperature Fuel Cell System by
CSIR under NMITLI in Delhi
• President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, launched first Indigenous High Temperature Fuel
Cell System developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under flagship
programme named “New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)”. This
system was launched in partnership with Indian industries on the 78th foundation day of CSIR
in New Delhi. A book titled “Bhatnagar Laureates 1958-2018” was also released during the
function. Read full details here: President Ram Nath Kovind Launched First Indigenous
High Temperature Fuel Cell System By CSIR Under NMITLI In Delhi
Second interstellar object 2I/Borisov discovered in the solar system
• According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a second interstellar object named
2I/Borisov has been discovered in the solar system. It was discovered by amateur astronomer
Gennady Borisov from MARGO observatory, Crimea on August 30, 2019, which looked like a
comet from a 0.65-metre telescope built on his own. The first interstellar object was
1I/Oumuamua.
Astronomers detect a Jupiter-like planet named "GJ 3512 b"
• Astronomers unexpectedly discovered a gas giant Jupiter-like planet named "GJ 3512 b" which
is orbiting a dwarf star, located about 30 light-years from the sun. The discovery was published
in the journal Science and the lead author of the study is Juan Carlos Morales from the Institute
of Space Studies of Catalonia, Spain.
A new mineral ‘Goldschmidtite’ discovered inside a diamond
• Nicole Meyer, a graduate student at the University of Alberta’s Diamond Exploration Research
and Training School, Canada and the lead author of the research, discovered a new mineral
named ‘Goldschmidtite’ inside a diamond from a mine- Koffiefontein pipe in South Africa run
by De Beers. It is named goldschmidtite in honor of Victor Moritz Goldschmidt, the founder of
modern geochemistry.
ISRO initiated ‘Project NETRA’- A space situational awareness step to detect debris and other
hazards to Indian satellites
• The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) has initiated ‘Project NETRA’ in the middle of
its Chandrayaan campaign last month, in-order to detect debris in space and other hazards in
Indian satellites which would act as a step for Space Situational Awareness(SSA). The project is
estimated to be worth of Rs. 400 Crore. NETRA is a network of observational tools like
telescopes and radars, which will be connected to a data processing units and a control centre,
which have the ability to track objects/debris as small as 10cm upto a range of 3400km and
also equal to space orbit of 2000k m. Read full details here: ISRO Initiated ‘Project NETRA’- A
Space Situational Awareness Step To Detect Debris And Other Hazards To Indian
Satellites
Scientists discover 8th continent, “Greater Adria” hidden under Europe
• Geologists under the principal researcher Douwe van Hinsbergen, Professor at Utrecht
University, Netherlands, have discovered a new continent named “Greater Adria” in the
mediterranean region under Europe, after successful analysation of mountain ranges from
Spain to Iran in detail for 10 years. The discovery of this continent is published in the journal
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‘Gondwana Research’. Read full details here: Scientists discover 8th continent, “Greater
Adria” hidden under Europe
ENVIRONMENT
Overview of Hurricane Dorian
• Hurricane Dorian has affected the Bahamas and the Southeastern United States (US). It is the
first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. It was developed from a tropical
wave on August 24, 2019 in the Central Atlantic.Dorian had maximum sustained winds of 175
kph (110 mph).
Cricketer Rohit Sharma's new innings, “Rohit4Rhinos campaign” for conservation Rhinos in
India
• Indian cricket team's star batsman Rohit Sharma is launching “Rohit4Rhinos campaign” in
partnership with WWF India and Animal Planet (wildlife channel) to spread awareness about
the need for conservation of one-horned rhinos. This rhino conservation campaign will be
launched on September 22 on World Rhino Day.
Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo, Japan
• Typhoon Faxai has hit Tokyo, Japan. There were winds of up to 216 kilometres (134 miles) per
hour. Authorities have issued non-compulsory evacuation warnings to more than 390,000
people.
Cryodrakon boreas- new species of Pterosaur reptile identified by scientists
• The University of Southern California (USC) scientists and colleagues have discovered new
reptile species Cryodrakon boreas from the Azhdarchid group of pterosaurs, which is also
called as “frozen dragon of the north”. Its study is published in the journal of “Vertebrate
Paleontology” led by author David Hone from Queen Mary University of London in the United
Kingdom (UK).
Scientists from BSI discovered two new species of ginger from Nagaland
• Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered 2 new species of ginger- Zingiber
namely Zingiber perenense and Zingiber dimapurense from Nagaland. The article on Zingiber
dimapurense was published in NeBIO, an International Journal of Environment and
Biodiversity and the article on Zingiber perenense was published in The Thailand Natural
History Museum Journal.
74-year-old museum specimen-species of giant salamander becomes the world’s largest
amphibian
• Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and London's Natural History
Museum discovered a new species of giant Chinese salamander is now considered to be the
world’s largest amphibian. The study of this species is mentioned in the journal “Ecology and
Evolution” and its scientific name is Andrias sligoi.
Protodontopteryx ruthae -world’s oldest bird species is discovered in Waipara, New zealand
• Scientists from the Canterbury Museum(England) have discovered the world’s oldest bird
species’ fossils belonging to an ancient family of duge seafaring birds called as
Protodontopteryx ruthae in Waipara, New zealand that lived 62 million years ago. It was
mentioned in the journal ‘Palaeontology’. The bird which was smallest in size of its family,
maintained size of an average sea gull while its descendants had wingspans more than five
metres.
According to United in Science Report 2019 by UN, average global temperature between 2015-
2019 set to be the hottest of any five-year period on record
• According to the report titled United in Science for 2019 by United Nations (UN), the average
global temperature between 2015-2019 will be the hottest of any five-year period on record. It
is estimated to be 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial (1850-1900) times and 0.2 degrees
Celsius warmer than 2011-2015. The report was compiled by the World Meteorological
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Organization (WMO) and was prepared by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate
Action Summit 2019.
New species of snakes found in sahyadri tiger reserve of Maharashtra, named after Tejas
Thackeray
• A new species of snake called Thackeray’s Cat Snake (scientific name Boiga thackeray) named
after Tejas Thackeray, younger son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, has been found in
Sahyadri tiger reserve in Koyna area of Satara district in Maharashtra after 125 years. This
species usually falls in the category of cat snake or cat-eyed snakes and belongs to the genus
Boiga. These snakes belonging to this genus are found all over India, but some species are
found only in the Western Ghats.
Keezhadi excavation in Tamil Nadu leads to a major turning point in the cultural
historiography of the ancient Sangam Age
• As per the report, Keeladi-An Urban Settlement of Sangam Age on the Banks of River Vaigai
’published by the TNAD (Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department), One of the 6 samples from
cultural deposits unearthed during excavation at Keeladi in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu
(TN)at a depth of 353 cm and sent for carbon dating test in the Beta Analytic Lab, Miami,
Florida,U.S (United States) ,goes back to 580 BCE(Before the Common Era).
77 new patch reef areas and 62 new marine species found in Gulf of Mannar
• During a recent baseline study of biological resources in the Gulf of Mannar, 62 new species
and 77 new patch reef areas were discovered. This was recorded by the Suganthi Devadason
Marine Research Institute (SDMRI), Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted as part of National
Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change (MoEFCC) and was done under the supervision of Environment and Forest
Departments of Government of Tamil Nadu and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD).
SPORTS
Sports/Tournament Title Winner Points to be Noted
2019 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa- Ferrari’s Charles He became the third-youngest
Francorchamps circuit marking Leclerc(Monaco) winner in F1(Formula 1) history.
It also marks Ferrari’s (Italian
luxury sports car manufacturer)
first victory in 2019.
V. Koci memorial athletics meet Tejinderpal Singh Toor He could not meet the World
2019 held at Decin, Czech Republic (24) won silver Championship standards but his
brilliant efforts won him the silver
medal.
78th edition of ISTAF (International Jinson He brokes his own 1500m
Sepaktakraw Federation) event Johnson(28)(Kerala) won national record.
2019 held in Olympiastadion Silver Medal
(Olympic Stadium) Berlin, Germany
World Martial Arts Mastership Jiu- Anupama Swain clinched With this, she qualified for the
Jitsu 2019 held at the Konkuk a bronze medal 2022 Asian Games. She was
University Glocal Campus in trained by Hariprasad Patnayak.
Chungju, South Korea
67th Edition of the Nehru Trophy Snake boat Nadubhagam 79 boats, including 23 snakeboats
2019 in Alappuzha, Kerala Chundan won the title participated in the event.
Champakulam chundan rowed by
United Boat Club- Kainakary,
Karichal chundan (Police Boat
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Club) & Devas chundan (NCDC

Boat Club, Kumarakom) finished
second, third and fourth
respectively.
2019 Italian Grand Prix(formally Charles Leclerc(Monaco) This marks Ferrari’s first Italian
known as Formula 1 Gran Premio Grand Prix win in 9 years (last
Heineken d'Italia 2019) Formula win 2010) and also Charles’s
1(F1) race at Monza, Italy. second successive win in the F1
race after winning the maiden
2019 Belgian Grand Prix.
Formula 1 (F1) Singapore Airlines Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel The second and the third spot was
Singapore Grand Prix 2019 held at of Germany won by Ferrari’s Charles Lecrec
Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore (Monaco) and Red Bull’s Max
Verstappen (Belgium)
respectively.
Fide World Grand Prix 2019 in Koneru Hampi While other Indian ,D Harika
Skolkovo, Russia secured the sixth place with 5
points
World 6Reds, World Team Snooker Laxman Rawat
championships 2019 in Mandalay,
Myanmar
International Billiards & Snooker Pankaj Advani and Aditya It was the 23rd world title for
Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Mehta Advani and the first title for
Team Championship 2019 Mehta. The event was a part of
Myanmar Open Billiards 2019.
2019 Russia F1 Grand Prix Lewis Carl Davidson Mercedes ValteriBottas(Finland)
(Formula 1 GP) at Sochi Autodrom Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Lecrec
race track in Russia. (Monaco) won the second and
third spot respectively. By this
win, Hamilton became all-time
record holder, winning his 143rd
Grand Prix totally, surpassing
Michael Schumacher’s(Germany)
mark which he held for 18 years.
Badminton
Overview of Korea Open 2019 held in Incheon, South Korea
• The Korea Open 2019, a badminton Super 500 tournament was held at Incheon International
Airport Skydom in Incheon, South Korea from September 24 – 29, 2019. It was the 19th
tournament of the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour and a part of the
Korea Open championships.
 Men’s Singles Kento Momota (Japan)
 Women’s Singles He Bingjiao (China)
 Men’s Doubles Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
 Women’s Doubles Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
 Mixed Doubles Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
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Myanmar Hosted First Ever Myanmar International Series 2019 Held At National Badminton
Stadium In Yangon From September 10-15
• The Myanmar Badminton Federation (MBF) hosted the first-ever International Series
badminton tournament, the “Myanmar International Series 2019” at the National Badminton
Stadium in Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar from September 10-15.
Rank Men’s Women’s Men’s Women’s Mixed doubles
singles singles doubles doubles
1 Kaushal Sri Emanuel Liu Chiao-Yun Lin Yong Sheng
Dharma Fatmawati Randhy (Chinese Taipei) (Chinese Taipei) & Liu
mer (Indonesi Febrito & Wang Yu Qiao Chiao-Yun (Chinese
(India) a) (Indonesia) (Chinese Taipei) Taipei)
& Ferdian
Mahardika
Ranialdy
(Indonesia)
2 Karono Maharani Ruttanapak Pattaranan Krit Tantianankul
Karono se Batari Oupthong Chamnaktan (Thailand) &
(indone (Indonesi (Thailand) & (Thailand) & Thanyasuda Wongya
sia) a) Nanthakarn Thanyasuda (Thailand)
Yordphaison Wongya
(Thailand) (Thailand)
Overview of YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2019
• The YONEX Belgian International 2019, an annual badminton tournament, was held at
Sportoase, Leuven, Belgium from September 11-14, 2019. The total prize money of the
tournament was $25,000.
Category Winner Runner
Men’s Singles Lakshya Sen (India) Victor Svendsen (Denmark)
Women’s Singles Line Neslihan Yiğit (Turkey)
Christophersen (Denmar
k)
Men’s Doubles Ben Lane & Sean Bjarne Geiss & Jan Colin Volker
Vendy (England) (Germany)
Women’s Doubles Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai
Stoeva (Bulgaria) (Canada)
Mixed Doubles Ben Lane & Jessica Mikkel Mikkel & Amalie Magelund
Pugh (England) (Denmark)
Overview Of 2019 China Open Held In Jiangsu, China

The 2019 China open, officially called as VICTOR China Open 2019 was held at Olympic Sports Center
Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China from September 17-22, 2019.
Women’s singles Carolin Marin (Spain) Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan)
Men’s singles KentoMomota (Japan) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
(Indonesia)
Men’s doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Mohammad Ahsan (Indonesia)
(Indonesia) & Kevin Sanjaya & Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
Women’s doubles Chen Qingchen (China) & Misaki Matsutomo (Japan) &
JiaYifan (China) Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
Mixed doubles Zheng Siwei (China) & Huang Wang Yilü (China) & Huang
Yaqiong (China) Dongping (China)
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Overview of Maldives International Future Series 2019 held in Male

Event Winner Runner
Women’s Malvika Bansod (India) ThetHtar Thuzar (Myanmar)
singles
Men’s doubles Vaibhaav (India) & PakkaponTeeraratsakul (Thailand) &
Prakash Raj (India) PanitchaphonTeeraratsakul
(Thailand)
Men’s singles Kantawat Kevin Arokia Walter (India)
Leelavaechabutr
(Thailand)
Women’s KuoYu Wen (Chinese Thilini Pramodika Hendahwewa (Sri
doubles Taipei) & Lin Wan Ching Lanka) & Kavidi Sirimannage (Sri
(Chinese Taipei) Lanka)
Mixed doubles Lu Chia Pin (Chinese Velayudham Roobenraj (Malaysia) &
Taipei) & Lin Wan Ching Venosha RadhaKrishnan (Malaysia)
(Chinese Taipei)
Boxing
Ekaterinburg AIBA (Association India had won 2 medals Asian Games gold medallist Amit
Internationale de Boxe Amateur or Panghal won silver in 52kg
International Boxing Association) category while 52kg category
2019 World Boxing Championships clinched bronze in 63kg category.
Cricket
SL cricketer Lasith Malinga becomes highest T20I wicket-taker surpassing Afridi
• Srilankan paceman (fast bowler) Separamadu Lasith Malinga on August 31, 2019, became the
highest T20I (Twenty-Twenty International) wicket-taker surpassing Pakistan's all-rounder
Shahid Afridi, during the tri-match series of T20I between Srilanka and New Zealand at
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Malinga took a total of 99 wickets
from 74 matches surpassing Afridi’s 98 wickets in 99 matches.
Overview Of Indian Cricket Team’s Tour To West Indies
• Indian Men’s Cricket team toured the West Indies and the United States (US) from August 3-
September 3, 2019. It played 2 Tests, 3 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 3 Twenty20
International (T20I) matches. The tour started with 2 of the T20I matches played at the
Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. The Test series formed a part of the
inaugural 2019–21 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship. Read full
details here: Overview Of Indian Cricket Team’s Tour To West Indies
Mithali Raj-Indian woman cricketer retires from T20 internationals
• Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj has announced her retirement from
T20 (twenty-twenty) International in order to focus on the upcoming 2021, 50 over World
Cup to be hosted by New Zealand. She represented India in 89 matches of shortest format,
scoring 2,364 runs which is the highest by any Indian Women to date
Steve Smith claimed the top spot in ICC Test Rankings; Virat Kohli slips to second place
• In the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Rankings, Steve Smith of Australia piped Indian
captain Virat Kohli and secured the top spot. He has a one-point (904 points) lead over Kohli
(903 points). Smith returned to the top spot riding on his twin centuries in the first Ashes Test
against England and 92 in the second match.
Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza retires from international cricket
• Zimbabwe cricket captain Hamilton Masakadza(36 years) has announced his retirement from
international cricket, thus ending his international cricket career after the T20I (twenty-
twenty International) tri-series match with Bangladesh and Afghanistan from September 13
to 24. He set a world record in 2000 by becoming the youngest player to make a century in
test debut at the age of 17 years and 354 days, against the West Indies in Harare, Zimbabwe
during Clive Lloyd Trophy, which lasts for 2 months only.
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Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan becomes youngest test cricket captain

• Afghanistan test cricket captain Rashid Khan who led the match against Bangladesh at the
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong(Bangladesh) created record by becoming
the youngest test cricket captain released by International Cricket Council(ICC) at the age of
20 years and 350 days.
Afghanistan’s all-rounder Mohammad Nabi to retire from test cricket
• Afghanistan’s all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, aged 34, will retire from test cricket after the
conclusion of the ongoing test match against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury
Stadium at Chattogram, Bangladesh. He has played only 2 test matches for Afghanistan (25
runs & 4 wickets). n the ICC (International Cricket Council) Men's Cricket World Cup 2019, he
took 10 wickets in 9 matches.
India Red wins 2019 Duleep Trophy at Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru
• India Red defeated India green by an innings and 38 runs to win the 2019 Duleep trophy held
at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Akshay Wakhare (India red) of Vidarbha, Maharashtra
took a 5 wicket haul leading to the team’s victory while Abhimanyu Easwaran(India red) was
awarded player of the match title.
SL cricketer Malinga takes double hat-trick, became 1st bowler with 5 int'l hat-tricks
• Sri Lanka cricket captain Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the
T20I (twenty-twenty International) format during a 3rd T20I match against New Zealand at
Pallekele, Sri Lanka after which he also became the first-ever bowler to take a double hat-
trick. Currently, Malinga is the only player with 5 limited-overs International hat-tricks.
South Africa appoints Former Indian Batsman Amol Muzumpar as interim batting coach in
test match against India
• Former Indian Cricketer Amol Muzumpar has been appointed as South Africa’s Interim
batting coach for three test matches against India, starting from October 2. He replaces
Dale Benkenstein, who resigned after the team's depressing performance in the World Cup
2019.
Australian cricketer Megan Schutt becomes 1st woman to claim 2 white-ball hat-tricks against
WI in Antigua
• Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt created record by becoming the first woman to have two
hat tricks in white ball cricket in third One Day International (ODI) matches against West
Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua, Barbuda. She also became the first
Australian woman to claim a hat trick in ODI.
Australian cricketer Steve Smith breaks world record, making 10th straight 50+ score against
England at The oval stadium, London
• Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australian national team Steve
Smith created a world record by scoring 10 consecutive half century against England. He
broke the record of most 50 plus runs in a row against a single nation on the second day of 5th
Ashes test at the Oval Stadium, London, United Kingdom(UK). The previous record was held
by Pakistan cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had hit 9 straight 50-plus scores against England
from 2001 to 2006.
India won ACC U-19 Asia Cup 2019 by beating Bangladesh
• India won ACC (Asian Cricket Council) Under-19 Asia Cup 2019 by beating Bangladesh for 5
runs. The final was held at R. Premadasa International Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
 Player of the match award - India’s left-arm spinner Atharva Ankolekar, aged 18, took
5 wickets for 28 runs from 8 overs.Player of the series honour - Arjun Azad of India, for
scoring 202 runs in four games this tournament.
Afghanistan breaks own record of most Consecutive T20I Victories and Equals Australia’s Top
Record at Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Afghanistan cricket team created a new record of most consecutive T20I (twenty twenty
International) victories after their 12th successive win in T20I during 2019 Bangladesh Tri-
Nation Series held at Dhaka, Bangladesh against Bangladesh.
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Kohli holds on to 2nd spot with Smith retaining the first position in the latest ICC Test
Rankings
• The International Cricket Council(ICC) Test Rankings for batsmen released on September 16,
2019, has ranked Indian cricket captain Virat Kolhi at second place with 903 points, which is
34 points behind first positioned Australian cricketer Steve Smith having 937 points.
Australia’s Pat Cummins ranked first in the ICC test bowler rankings followed by South
Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and India’s Jasprit Bumrah in the second and third place respectively.
Former India all-rounder, Dinesh Mongia announces retirement from all forms of cricket
career
• The Former Indian team all-rounder Dinesh Mongia (42) of Chandigarh, who played his last
international match for the Indian team in 2007 against Bangladesh, has announced his
retirement from all formats of cricket. He played 57 matches in his ODI career.
ICC imposed 12-month ban on Sri Lankan spinner, Akila Dananjaya for suspected bowling
action
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Sri Lankan off-spinner Akila Dhananjaya
(25) for 12 months for illegal bowling action. An independent investigation on August 29,
2019 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu revealed that his bowling action was illegal. The validity of his
bowling action was questioned during the first Test against New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka
from 14-18 August, 2019.
Zimbabwe’s batsman Hamilton Masakadza becomes the highest scorer in career's last T20I
match by scoring 71 runs
• Zimbabwe’s batsman Hamilton Masakadza created a record by becoming the highest
individual scorer in the career's last Twenty-20 Internationals (T20I) game by scoring 71 runs
(42 balls) against Afghanistan during 2019 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series match held in Zahur
Ahmed Chowdhury (ZAC) Stadium, Chittagong, in south-eastern Bangladesh. It was his last
match in international cricket.
Former South African cricketer Kyle Abbott creates history with a total of 17 wickets in 120th
Specsavers County Championship 2019
• Former South African cricket team fast bowler Kyle Abbott has created history in first class
cricket by taking 17 wickets against Somerset in a match playing for Hampshire (the best
figures in first-class cricket for 63 years ) in the 120th Specsavers County Championship 2019
held at Ageas Bowl Cricket ground in West End, England.
Overview of T20I series held between South Africa and India
• A 3-day Twenty 20 International (T20I) series was held between South Africa and India. The
series concluded with a draw 1-1 as the first match was abandoned. The captain of the Indian
team was Virat Kohl and the captain of the South African team was Quinton de Kock. Virat
Kohli (2450 runs) surpassed the record held by Rohit Sharma (2443 runs) by becoming the
highest run-scorer in the history of T20I cricket in the 3rd T20I against South Africa.
Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma move up in the latest ICC T20I player rankings
• On September 25, 2019 the latest International Cricket Council- Twenty twenty
International(ICC-T20I) rankings were released. In Batting rankings: Indian skipper
ViratKohli moved up by one position to reach the 11th spot in the batting list and is currently
in the 19th position in all-rounder rankings, while ShikarDhawan moved three places up to
13th position in the batting list. Rohit Sharma is ranked at the 8th position tied with England’s
Alex Hales.
England women’s wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor announces retirement from international
cricket
• England women’s wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor aged 30 retired from international cricket
career. The announcement was made by England Cricket Board(ECB). She made 226
international appearances scoring 6533 runs which is a second on England Women’s all-time
list of run-scorers.
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Football
60th edition of the Under 17 Bangladesh Krida Shiksha They defeated the Neelamani
Girls Subroto Cup International Prothishtan (BKSP) English School, Manipur
Football 2019 title
25th Senior Women's National Manipur Organised by the All India
Football Championship held at Football Federation(AIFF), this
CHF Ground in Pasighat, is the first time Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh Pradesh hosted National
Football Championship.
3rd edition of South Asian India Defeating Bangladesh.
Football Federation Under-18 India’s
(SAFF U-18) football NinthoinganbaMeetei is
Championship 2019 in adjudged as the most
Kathmandu, Nepal valuable player(MVP) of
the tournament. Fair
play award was given to
team Bhutan.
Logo for 2022 FIFA World Cup launched by Qatar

• The host city for 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar unveiled the logo for the same displaying it in
public spaces in Doha and cities around the world. 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is the 22nd
Edition, will be hosted by the Gulf Emirate. FIFA and the Qatari organizing committee
launched the logo/emblem in Doha, capital of Qatar. 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by 3
nations- Canada, Mexico and the United States (US).
Cameroonian professional footballer Samuel Eto'o announces retirement
• Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto'o(38) has announced retirement from all forms of
football. Born on 10 March 1981 at Douala in Cameroon, he is regarded as one of the greatest
African players of all time. In 1998, he was the youngest participant in the 1998 FIFA World
Cup after making Cameroon’s team at the age of 17years and 3 months.
India clinched SAFF U-15 Championship 2019 title for the 3rd time by beating Nepal
• The India Under-15 team has defeated Nepal with 7-0 score in the final of the SAFF (South
Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019 held in Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal
from August 21 - 31, 2019. This victory means that India has now become the most successful
team in the history of the tournament as it won the title for the 3rd time.
Meghalaya's Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School clinched the title of 60th edition of U-17
Junior Boys Subroto Cup International Football Tournament 2019
• Meghalaya's Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School clinched the title of 60th edition of
Under-17 Junior Boys Subroto Cup International Football Tournament 2019 by beating
Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) by a scoreline of 1-0 at the tournament held in
Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. It was Asia's largest youth football tournament.
Dutch footballer Virgil van Dijk wins UEFA Men's Player of the Year 2018/2019,and England’s
Lucy Bronze wins in the Women's category
• Dutch football player of the Liverpool team Virgil van Dijk won the 2018/2019 “UEFA (Union
of European Football Associations) Men's Player of the Year award” and ‘Defender of the
season award’. He is the first defender to win the award since its inaugural edition of 2010-11.
England player Lucy Bronze of Olympique Lyonnais won the 2019 UEFA women's player of
the year award. She is the first english player to win a UEFA player of the year award.
An official mascot for Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics 2022 revealed
• The smiling panda, named Bing Dwen Dwen was revealed as the official mascot for Beijing
Winter Olympics 2022 at a ceremony held at Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing, China. A
walking Chinese lantern Shuey Rhon Rhon was declared as the official mascot for Winter
Paralympics 2022.
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FIFA Rankings: India drops to 104,Belgium remained its top position

• FIFA has released the men’s ranking . India slipped one place and moved to 104 from 103.
Indian Football Team in recent times under the leadership of new coach Igor Stimac is
undergoing a massive change in their playing style. The ranking (men) has been topped by
Belgium. Read full details here: FIFA Rankings: India drops to 104,Belgium remained its
top position
Tennis
Overview of US Open 2019 held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York,
United States
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Women’s Singles Bianca Andreescu (Canada) Serena Williams (USA)
Men’s Doubles Juan Sebastian Cabal & Marcel Granollers (Spain)
Robert Farah (Colombia) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)
Women’s Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Victoria
Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) Azarenka (Belarus)
Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray (Great Michael Venus (New Zealand) & Chan
Britain) & Bethanie Mattek- Hao-ching (Chinese Taipei)
Sands (USA)
Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos banned life time for match-fixing
• The 31-year old Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos has been banned for lifetime because of
match-fixing and was fined $125,000. Matos was ordered to repay $12,000, received in the
tournament of Ecuador. He was suspended from tennis since December 6 2018.
Novak Djokovic passes Jimmy Connors for fourth place in the all-time list of most weeks in top
spot in ATP Rankings
• Serbian professional tennis player, Novak Djokovic has started his 269th week at No. 1 in the
ATP Rankings 2019 and surpassed Jimmy Connors (268 weeks) of United States (US) for 4th
place in the all-time list of most weeks in top spot. Roger Federer of Switzerland (310 weeks)
got the top spot in the latest list followed by Pete Sampras(286 weeks) of US and Ivan Lendl
(270 weeks) , who played for Czechoslovakia, and the US. Also, Sumit Nagal (Haryana) jumped
15 places to get a career-best ranking of 159 in the ATP rankings. Read full details here:
Novak Djokovic Passes Jimmy Connors For Fourth Place In The All-Time List Of Most
Weeks In Top Spot In ATP Rankings
Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova beats Petra Martic winning the 15th WTA singles career
title at 2019 Zhengzhou Open in China
• World no.2 Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova won her career 15th WTA (Women's Tennis
Association) title by defeating Croatia’s Petra Martic at the 6th edition of the 2019 Zhengzhou
Open at Zhongyuan Tennis training base management Center, China. The prize money of the
event that was held from September 9-15 was $1,000,000.
24th St. Petersburg Open for 2019 held at Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg, Russia
• The 24th Edition of St. Petersburg Open for 2019 was held at Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg,
Russia from September 16- 22, 2019.
 Russia’s Daniil Medvedev clinched the men’s singles title.
 India’s Divij Sharan along with Slovakia’s Igor Zelenay clinched the men’s doubles title.
16th Edition of Moselle Open (Tennis) for 2019 held at the Arènes de Metz, in Metz France
• The 16th Edition of Moselle Open (Tennis) for 2019 was held at the Arènes de Metz, in Metz,
France from September 16-22, 2019.
 In Men’s Singles category, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga grabbed the title.
 In Men’s Doubles, Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Jan-Lennard of Germany clinched
the title.
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Overview of 36th edition of Toray Pan Pacific Open 2019 held in Osaka, Japan
• The 36th edition of Toray Pan Pacific Open 2019 professional women's tennis tournament
was held at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan from September 16 – 22, 2019.
 Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka won the women’s singles.
 Taiwanese tennis players Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching won the women's doubles
title.
Overview of Challenger Buenos Aires 2019 (Tennis) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• The 9th edition of Challenger Buenos Aires 2019 (Tennis) was held at Racket Club, Buenos
Aires, Argentina from September 23-29, 2019. It was a part of the Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and was played on outdoor red clay courts.
 In men’s singles, Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal clinched the title.
 In men’s doubles, Argentina’s Guido Andreozzi and Andrés Molteni won the title.
Shooting
2019 International Shooting India finished the tournament Gold Medal Winners:
Sports Federation (ISSF) World at the top spot with 5 Gold, 2 1. Mixed 10m air pistol - Manu
Cup Rifle / Pistol event held in Silver & 2 Bronze medals, with Bhaker & Saurabh Chaudhary
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 medals altogether. 2. Women’s 10m air rifle -
Elavenil Valarivan
3. Men’s 10m Air Pistol -
Abhishek Verma
4. Women’s 10m air pistol -
Yashaswini Singh Deswal
5. Mixed 10M Air Rifle - Apurvi
Chandela & Deepak Kumar.
Read full details here:
Overview Of 2019 ISSF World
Cup Rifle / Pistol Held In Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil
Wrestling
World Wrestling Championships 2019 to be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from September
14- 22, 2019
• The World Wrestling Championships 2019 are scheduled to be held from September 14-22,
2019 at Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Wrestlers from 101 nations will be fighting
for medals across Greco-Roman, freestyle and women’s wrestling categories. It is organized
by United World Wrestling (UWW), the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports, the National
Olympic Committee (NOC of Kazakhstan), the Kazakh Confederation of Martial Arts and
Power Sports and the Kazakh Federation of Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women’s Wrestling.
World Wrestling Championships 2019 held at Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan from September 14-22, 2019. It was organized by the United World Wrestling
(UWW). It was a qualifying event for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics where the top 6 wrestlers
from each category qualified for the event. India won 5 medals (1 Silver & 4 Bronze). It was
ranked 17th in the list of medal table.
Category Winner Medal
Men’s 86kg freestyle Deepak Punia Silver
Men’s 65 kg freestyle Bajrang Punia Bronze
Men’s 61kg freestyle Rahul Aware Bronze
Men’s 57-kg freestyle Ravi Kumar Dahiya Bronze
Women’s 53 kg freestyle Vinesh Phogat Bronze
Read full details here: World Wrestling Championships 2019 held at Barys Arena in Nur-
Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Vinesh Phogat wins bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships 2019 in Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan
• Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, defeated Greece’s two-time world bronze medalist Maria
Prevolaraki and won a bronze medal in the women’s 53kg category at the “2019 World
Wrestling Championships” held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Earlier she won both matches of
the repechage round in the 53kg category and became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Deepak Punia clinched top spot in UWW’s rankings- 86 kg category
• Indian wrestler Deepak Punia, aged 20, clinched the top spot in the rankings released by
United World Wrestling (UWW), an international federation for wrestling, in the 86 kg
category with 82 points. He had recently won silver in the World Wrestling Championships
2019 held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Iran's Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati was ranked
second.
Other Sports News
Virdhawal Khade and Rujuta becomes India’s fastest couple at 73rd Glenmark National senior
aquatics championships
• At the 73rd Glenmark National senior aquatics championships 2019, held at Prakash Taran
Pushkar Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Indian swimmer Rujuta became the fastest female
swimmer of India winning the title in 50m freestyle whereas her husband Virdhawal
Khade(2010 Asian bronze medallist) broke his own national record winning gold in the men's
50m breaststroke event. The couple earned the title of becoming India’s fastest couple in
swimming.
After repeated postponement, now the 36th National Games to be held in Goa from October 20
- November 4, 2020
• The Indian Olympic Association(IOA), a body responsible for selecting athletes to represent
India at the international athletic meets stated that the much-delayed 36th National Games
will be held in Goa from October 20 - November 4, 2020.
IAF Chief B S Dhanoa flags off kargil to kohima ultra-marathon to mark 20 years of 'Vijay
Diwas’
• In order to commemorate 20 years of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa has
flagged off ultra-marathon named as ‘Kargil to Kohima (K2K): Glory Run’ spanning more than
4,500 km from Kargil War Memorial at Dras in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to Kohima War
Cemetery in Nagaland commencing on September 21, 2019 & will culminate on 6 November
2019.
IOC won 93rd All-India MCC Hockey Tournament for 2019 in Chennai by defeating PNB
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) defeated Punjab National Bank (PNB) by 3-1 and clinched the
93rd All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament title for the year 2019 held at
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Brigid Kosgei of Kenya ran fastest half marathon ever by a woman in 2019 Great North Run in
UK
• Kenya's Brigid Kosgei created record in the 2019 Great North Run event held in the United
Kingdom(UK) making the fastest half-marathon run ever by a woman by winning the event in
1hr 4min and 28 secs which is 23sec ahead of the 2017 world record set by Jocelyne
Jepkosgei(Kenya).
8th edition of Ladakh Marathon, world's highest marathon, for 2019 held in Leh, Ladakh
• The 8th edition of Ladakh Marathon for 2019 was held from September 6-8, 2019 in Leh,
Ladakh. It is the highest marathon in the world as it is held at over 11,000 feet above the mean
sea level. There were more than 5500 participants from 26 countries. The event was
organised by Rimo Expeditions.
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Hero MotoCorp Chairman, MD and CEO Pawan Munjal to be inducted in 2019 Asia Pacific Golf
Hall of Fame
• Pawan Munjal, the Chairman, Managing Director(MD) and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of
Hero MotoCorp was selected to be inducted in the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame for his
support in sports in India as well as globally.
MYAS derecognises PCI for violating NSDCI, 2011
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) derecognised the Paralympic Committee of
India (PCI) for violating the National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI), 2011 in
accordance with provisions under clause I (ix) and (x) of Annexure-III of NSDCI, 2011. It has
been penalised for misgovernance.
India tops medal tally in 6th Track Asia Cup cycling in New Delhi from sep 9-11
• Three-day event of the 6th Track Asia Cup cycling competition 2019 hosted by Cycling
Federation of India (CFI) from Sep 9-11, 2019 was held in New Delhi at Indira Gandhi Indoor
(IGI) Sports Complex. The list was topped by India with 10 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze, totaling
25 medals in the event. India was followed by Uzbekistan and Malaysia in the second and
third places respectively.
25th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 held in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia
• The 25th Edition of Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 was held
at Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from September 2-7, 2019. It was
organized by the Mongolian Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table
Tennis Union (ATTU). Indian team clinched 2 silver medals.
 New Delhi’s Payas Jain lost to top seed and World No. 1 Yuanyu Chen of China by 4-0 in
the finals.The Indian boys team settled for a silver medal.
Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh, clinched bronze medal in IBSF World U-16
Snooker Championship 2019 in Tyumen, Russia
• In the International Billiards Snooker Federation’s (IBSF) World Under-16 Snooker
Championship 2019 held in Tyumen, Russia, Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh,
clinched bronze medal. He is a student of IX standard at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45,
Chandigarh.
Kenya's Kamworor creates world record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon 2019
• Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor, aged 26, finished the Copenhagen Half Marathon 2019 in men’s
category at 58min 01sec, 17 seconds earlier than the record held by Abraham Kiptum (58:18)
of Kenya in the Valencia Half Marathon in Valencia, Spain on 28 October 2018 and created a
new world record.
Mayank Vaid becomes 1st Indian to complete Enduroman triathlon in 2019, breaks world
record for shortest completion time held between London and Paris
• Mayank Vaid became the first Indian and the 44th person to complete Enduroman, a triathlon
from England to France which is considered as toughest endurance competition in the world.
The event started in Marble Arch, London and ended in Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France. He
also broke the world record for the shortest completion time in the ‘Enduroman – Arch to Arc’
triathlon in 50 hours and 24 minutes.
Spain wins 18th Men’s World Basketball Championship 2019 held in Beijing after 13 years
• Spain defeated Argentina to win the 18th Men’s FIBA (Federation Internationale de
Basketball) World Basketball Championship 2019 in the final played Wukesong Sport Arena
in Beijing, China from 31 August, 2019 to 15 September, 2019.
India clinched 125 medals in Western Asia Youth and Junior Chess Championship 2019
• Western Asian Youth and Junior Chess Championships 2019 was held from September 6-10,
2019 at Tivoli Grand Resort Hotel, New Delhi. It was organized by Delhi Chess
Association (DCA). It was the first edition and was held in 3 formats - standard, rapid, and
blitz. India won 125 medals. Winner of the under-20 section- Sakshi Chitlange of India
received a Woman Grandmaster norm. India was followed by Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
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Pankaj Advani wins IBSF World Billiards Championship 2019 title, becomes world champion
for 22nd time
• India's top billiards and snooker player, Pankaj Advani (34) of Bangalore , Karnataka has won
the 22nd world title of his career with the fourth consecutive IBSF (International Billiards &
Snooker Federation) World Billiards title 2019 in the 150 up format held in Mandalay,
Myanmar. This is his fifth title in the last 6 years in the short billiards format. Like 2018, this
year too, Advani won the final with 6–2 scores against Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar.
Overview of 10th Asia Pacific Youth Games for 2019 held in Vladivostok, Russia
• The 10th Asia Pacific Youth Games for 2019 were held in Vladivostok, Russia. India won a
total of 16 gold, 13 silver and 5 bronze medals taking the total to 34 medals in 7 different
sports events. Assam swimmer Astha Choudhury won five medals including two gold (4×50
metre mixed freestyle & 4×50 mixed individual medley relay) and three silver (100 metre
freestyle, 200 metre freestyle & 100 metre individual medley). Read full details here:
Overview of 10th Asia Pacific Youth Games for 2019 held in Vladivostok, Russia
American woman Sarah Thomas became the first person to swim English Channel 4 times
non-stop
• An American woman Sarah Thomas, aged 37, became the first person to swim the English
Channel 4 times non-stop. She successfully completed the 84-mile challenge in 54 hours and
13 minutes.
Overview of 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship for 2019 held in Tehran, Iran
• The 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship for 2019 was held in Tehran, Iran from
September 13–21, 2019. The biennial tournament was organised by the Asian Volleyball
Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The host
nation, Iran emerged as champions by defeating Australia in straight sets (25-14, 25-17, 25-
21). It was their third title. Japan & South Korea bagged third and fourth place respectively.
Indian team was ranked 8th.
2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand
• 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships was
held at Eastern National Sports Training Center in Pattaya, Thailand from September 18-27,
2019. It was organized by Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association and it was a qualifying
event for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. China topped the medal tally while Egypt was banned
from competing due to doping offenses.
Indian fencer Bhavani Devi wins silver in the 2019 Tournoi Satellite Fencing competition in
Belgium
• Indian fencer CA Bhavani Devi (Chennai, Tamilnadu) won silver medal in women’s sabre
individual category in the 2019 Tournoi Satellite Fencingcompetition (World level)at Ghent,
Belgium. She lost to Azerbaijan’s Bashta Anna who won the gold medal in the event.
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BOOKS & AUTHORS

Book Name Author Other Information
"First They Erased Our Sophie Ansel (France) It will be formally released by Penguin
Name: A Rohingya Random House (India).The book documents
Speaks" the troubles of Rohingya community,
through the eyes of a Rohingya,
“Habiburahman”, who was born and raised
in a small village in western Burma( now
Myanmar), in 1979, grew up stateless with
his people when their own country’s military
leader ordered that Rohingya were not one
among the 135 recognized ethnic groups that
formed the 8 'national races'.
"India's Lost Frontier Raghvendra Singh It is published by Rupa Publications, New
the Story of the North- Delhi.
West Frontier Province
of Pakistan"
2nd edition of The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah
'Loktantra Ke Swar Naidu released the books, at Pravasi
(Khand 2)' and 'The Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi. It will be
Republican Ethic released with the aim to promote and diffuse
(Volume 2)' selected speeches of President Ram Nath
Kovind, President of India.
“Phoolpur: Indian Jhelum Biswas Bose It is published by Penguin India. The book’s
Flowers, Their Myths, foreword is written by actor Lisa Ray.
Traditions and Usage”
‘Glorious Diaspora- Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah
Pride of India’ Naidu has released a coffee table book on
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awardees in New
Delhi. The book covers the complete profiles
of overseas Indians (politicians, business
leaders, scientists, economists )who received
the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards
(PBSA) from the year 2003 – 2019 in various
sectors. It has been brought out by Indian
Diaspora Club.
‘Fortune Turners: The Aditya Bhushan and Sachin It is published by Global Cricket School. It
Quartet that spun India Bajaj reveals the careers of the famous four
to glory’ spinners of Indian cricket team- Bishan Singh
Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat
Chandrashekhar and S. Venkataraghavan.
"Savarkar: Echoes from Vikram Sampath It describes the life of freedom fighter and
a forgotten past, 1883- Philosopher Vinayak Damodar Savarkar,
1924" popularly known as Veer Savarkar, was
released on August 8, 2019, by Viking
Penguin publishers.
‘Rethinking Good Vinod Rai Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah
Governance’ Naidu has released the book. The book has
been published by Rupa publications.
"Being Gandhi" Paro Anand It marks the 150th anniversary of Mahatma
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Gandhi. The book, published by Harper

Collins Children's Books, explores the life
events of Gandhiji.
Turbulence & Triumph: Rahul Agarwal and It is published by Om Books International. It
The Modi Years Bharathi S Pradhan depicts the journey of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi from this young days to
becoming 14th prime minister of India.
‘Himalayan Odyssey’ Veerendra Kumar The book is an English translation of the

Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Kerala Sahitya
Akademi award-winning Malayalam
original ‘Haimavathabhuvil’ by Veerendra
Kumar, who is also the Chief Managing
Director(CMD) of Mathrubhumi.
From Leeches to Slug Roopa Pai The book traces the origins of experiments
Glue: 25 Explosive and discoveries in science and medicine
Ideas that Made (and evolution spanning over 2,500 years and
Are Making) Modern several geographies, is to be released on
Medicine September 28, 2019. The book is authored
by Roopa Pai and will be published by
publisher Puffin Books.
India in the Persianate Richard M Eaton This book mainly focuses on the rise of
Age: 1000-1765 Persian culture and also about the
civilisations, architecture, upheavals, and the
art of the Indian subcontinent between 11th
and 18th centuries. The book is published by
Penguin India.
'Girl Power: Indian Neha J Hiranandani The book is about the stories/achievements
Women Who Broke The of 50 Indian women role models. The book is
Rules' published by Scholastic India.
‘Professor Ayushman’ The book is conceived by the National
Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) was
unveiled by the Ayush ministry in New
Delhi. This book will raise awareness in
children about the importance of medicinal
plants and their usage.
'Reset: Regaining Subramanian Swamy Pranab Mukherjee, the former president of
India's Economic India has released a book .The book has been
Legacy' published by Rupa Publications India.
Game of Votes: Visual Farhat Basir Khan It details the evolution of election campaigns
Media Politics and in India. It has been published by SAGE
Elections in the Digital Publication. The preface of the book has been
Era written by Former President Pranab
Mukherjee.
Loss Siddharth Dhanvant The book is a record on death and grief,
Shanghvi drawing on a stock of personal losses of his
parents and a beloved pet (Bruschetta). The
book has been published by HarperCollins
India.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri: Sandeep Shastri It is published by Rupa Publications. It

Politics and Beyond depicts the early influences, political
associations and historical decisions of Lal
Bahadur Shastri, India’s second prime
minister.
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the Field/ State Place where Points to be noted
person who born
passed away
Viju Khote(77) Actor/ Mumbai , Mumbai , He was best known for playing
Maharashtra Maharashtra the role of ‘Kalia’ in the film
Sholay
V Ganesan(94) Army Veteran/ Tamil Vedaranyam in He is the founder of the Nethaji

Nadu Nagapattinam Hospital, at Sembodai village,
district of Tamil Tamil Nadu.He is the founder of
Nadu the Nethaji Hospital, at
Sembodai village, Tamil Nadu.
Madhav Apte(86) Cricketer/ Mumbai, Mumbai, He had played 67 first class
Maharashtra Maharashtra matches inclusive of 46 Ranji
trophy matches for Mumbai and
three for Bengal scoring 3336
runs with 6 centuries and 16
half centuries.
BN Yugandhar Former bureaucrat/ He was 82. Yugandhar, a 1962
Hyderabad, Telangana batch Indian Administration
Service (IAS) officer, worked as
Secretary in the Union Rural
Development Ministry.
Kumara Padma Foreign Secretary/ He had served as the Foreign
Sivasankara Menon Thiruvananthapuram, Secretary of India from 1987 to
Jr.(junior)(90) Kerala 1989. He had also served as
Ambassador to Bangladesh,
Egypt, Japan, Hungary, and
China
Mr Boman Rashid Industrialist/ Mumbai, Boman, who called himself "the
Kohinoor(97) Maharashtra Royal family's fan number 1",
had taken over the
responsibility of the hotel (most
famous for its berry pulao, sali
boti, and dhansak) after his
father died in an accident.
Veeru Krishnan Kathak dancer/ Mumbai, Besides being an actor, he was
Mumbai, Maharashtra Maharashtra also a famous kathak dancer.
Many Bollywood celebrities like
Katrina Kaif, Athiya Shetty,
Karanvir Bohra, and others were
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trained in Kathak by him.

Kottakkal Kathakali maestro/ Naduvattom, near He has won many an accolade,
Chandrasekhara Kottakkal, Kerala Pattambi, in including the Sangeet Natak
Warrier(74) Palakkad district Akademi Award, Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
Award, Kalamandalam Award,
and Tulaseevanam Award.
Ram Lawyer & former union Shikarpur, Sindh He had worked as union law
Jethmalani(95) law minister/Delhi minister and in the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA)
government of Atal Bihari
Vajpayee.
KiranNagarkar(77) Novelist and Mumbai He is known for authoring the
Playwright/ Mumbai books, ‘Cuckold,'(1997) which
won him the 2001 Sahitya
Akademi award .He wasawarded
the Order of Merit of the Federal
Republic of Germany in 2012.
Shyam Ramsay(67) Producer/ Mumbai, He is one of the Ramsay
Maharashtra Brothers(Kumar, Tulsi, Shyam,
Keshu, Kiran, Ganguly and
Arjun)came to Mumbai from
Karachi after partition and
decided to get into the business
of film production.
S Sriram Producer/ Chennai Chennai,Tamil He headed the Alayam
Nadu productions and mostly
collaborated with Indian
filmmaker Mani Ratnam,
including the 1996 National
award winning film “Bombay”.
His last production was tamil
film ‘Samurai’ in 2002.
Bhagat Ram Vats PTI senior He was well known for covering
(BR Vats)(97) correspondent/New the 1st Lok Sabha polls and had
Delhi also travelled with the then
Prime Minister(PM) Jawaharlal
Nehru(1st PM) for 14 years
covering his political activities,
especially the election tours in
1952, 1957 and 1962.
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the person Field/ Country Place where Points to be noted
who passed away he/she demised born
Franco Columbu(78) Bodybuilder, Ollolai, Italy He won the title of Mr. Olympia
(Nicknamed, "the powerlifter, actor and in the year 1976 and 1981.
Sardinian Strongman") author/ Sardinia, Italy
Hans Rausing(93) Businessman/ London, Sweden He credited for turning Pully
England (Switzerland) based Tetra Pak
food packaging company into a
global giant.
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Abdul Qadir(63) Cricketer/ Lahore, Lahore, Qadir had played 67 Tests and
Pakistan Pakistan 104 One Day Internationals
(ODI) taking a total of 368
wickets representing his
country.
Fernando Ricksen(43) Footballer/ Airdrie, Hoensbroek, He earned 12 caps for the
North Lanarkshire, Limburg, Netherlands between 2000 and
Scotland Netherlands 2003.
Jean Edward Smith(86) Historian/ Huntington, United States
West Virginia, America (US)
Robert Skinner Boyd Journalist/ Chicago, He shared a 1973 Pulitzer Prize
(91) Pennsylvania, Illinois, US with colleague Clark Hoyt for
US(United States) uncovering the fact that
Democratic vice-presidential
candidate Thomas Eagleton's
exit from the campaign due to
severe psychiatric problems and
undergone three shock
treatments.
Davo Karnicar(56) Mountain skier/ Zgornje He had skied down the highest
northern Slovenia Jezersko mountains in each of the other
six continents.
Charlie Cole(64) Photographer/ Bali, Bonham, Cole shifted to Japan in 1980. In
Indonesia Texas, United the year1990, Cole won the
States (US) World Press Photo Award for his
photo, which became an image of
the 1989 pro-democracy protest.
Robert Frank(94) Photographer/ Nova Switzerland He rose to fame by his landmark
Scotia, Canada book “The Americans” and for
his 20th century photographs.
Robert Mugabe(95) Politician/Singapore Rhodesia, He was the former President
Zimbabwe (2nd) and first prime minister of
Zimbabwe. Mugabe served as the
president for 37 year since 1987
until he was ousted from power
in a military coup(forcible
transition of power).
Akilisi Pohiva(78) Politician, Climate Fakakakai, He was the first prime minister
change campaigner/ Tonga of the South Pacific island nation
New Zealand elected by parliament rather
than appointed by the King.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Politician/ Jakarta, Parepare,
(B.J.) Habibie(83) Indonesia Indonesia
Zine el-Abidine Ben Politician/ Jeddah, Hammam He was ousted from power
Ali(83) Saudi Arabia Sousse, Tunisia in 2011 at the start of the Arab
spring movement in which many
leaders were swept from power.
He ruled Tunisia as president
from 1987 until he was ousted in
2011.
Jacques René Politician/ Paris, Paris, France He hold two-term (1995-2007)
Chirac(86) France as French president & was the
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first leader to accept France’s

role in the Holocaust (World
War II genocide) and opposed
the United States invasion on
Iraq in 2003. He was nicknamed
as “Le Bulldozer”.
Michael Mendel(54) Producer/ Los Angeles He won three Emmys in 1995,
1997, and 1998 for "Lisa's
Wedding", "Homer's Phobia",
and "Trash of the Titans". He
joined Rick and Morty in 2013,
where he won his 4th Emmy
Award for the episode "Pickle
Rick" in 2018.
LaShawn Daniels(41) Songwriter/ South United He was honoured with grammy
familiarly known as Carolina, US States(US) award in 2001 for best R&B song
Big Shiz in writing the song ‘Say My
Name’ of ‘Destiny’s Child’ which
was further nominated 7 times.
Gyorgy Konrad(86) Writer and Debrecen, His famous works were 1969
Sociologist/ Budapest, eastern novel “The Case Worker” and
Hungary Hungary 2007 memoir “A Guest in My
Own Country: A Hungarian Life”.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed Day Other information
date/week
25 to 30 August, 2019 World Water Week Theme “Water for society – Including all”. Dr. Jackie
2019 King was awarded the 2019 Stockholm Water Prize
Laureate during the conference for her contribution to
global river management.
September 2, World Coconut Day It was established in 2009 to commemorate the
2019 formation day of Asian Pacific Coconut Community
(APCC) which is under the aegis of the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UN-ESCAP). The day highlights the importance
and uses of coconuts.
September 5, National teachers’ day It was celebrated across the country. The aim of this
2019 day is to honour the efforts of teachers all over India.
It is celebrated since 1962 to honor Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan who was born on 5th September 1888.
Read full details here: National teachers’ day
celebrated on September 5, 2019
September 5, International Day of The first International Day of Charity under the
2019 Charity resolution/A/RES/67/105 was observed in the year
2013. The day aims to create awareness about the role
of charity to alleviate poverty and hunger.
September 1 to 7, National Nutrition Week It was observed to educate people about the
2019 (NNW) importance of their health and well-being. It is an
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annual nutrition event organized by the Food and

Nutrition Board within the Ministry of Women and
Child Development, Government of India. It was
launched by the Food and Nutrition Board in 1982.
September 8, International Literacy Day Theme ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’.
2019 (ILD)
September 9 Himalaya Day 2019 It was celebrated in the Biotech Auditorium of the
Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Roorkee. It was first celebrated in
the year 2010.
September 10, World Suicide Prevention Theme “Working Together to Prevent Suicide”. In
2019 Day (WSPD) 2019 order to raise awareness and to prevent people from
committing suicide, International Association for
Suicide Prevention (IASP) host this day in
collaboration with global partners World Health
Organisation (WHO) and World Federation for Mental
Health (WFMH) every year.
September 11, National Forest Martyrs’ To commemorate foresters who had laid their lives to
2019 Day protect nature and wildlife in the remote corners of
the country.
September 12, International Day for Aims to raise awareness of the UN’s efforts to work on
2019 South-South Cooperation technical cooperation among developing countries.
The day also celebrates the political, social and
economical developments made by regions and
countries in the south in recent years. The theme for
the year 2019 is “South-South Cooperation is From
Commitment to Action — Follow up to Buenos Aires
Plan of Action+40”. Read full details here: United
Nations Day For South-South Cooperation Is
Annually Observed On September 12, 2019
September 14, Hindi Diwas (hindi day) This day marks the adoption of Hindi language
2019 (written in Devanagari script) as official language of
the nation, under article 343 of the Indian constitution
in 1949. Union home minister Shri Amit Shah
presented 2019 Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar and
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar awards to the chiefs of
various departments, Ministries and other officers for
promoting the language.
September 15, 52nd Engineers Day Theme "Engineering for change". It was also
2019 celebrated in SriLanka and Tanzania while others
countries celebrate this day on other dates. The day is
celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the
greatest Indian engineer Bharat Ratna (1955)
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir MV).
September 15, International Day of Theme ‘Participation’. The day emphasizes to provide
2019 Democracy an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the
world and raises awareness about democracy.
September 16, International Day for the The International Day for the Preservation of the
2019 Preservation of the Ozone Ozone Layer by the United Nations (UN) proclaimed in
Layer or World Ozone December 19, 1994, is observed annually on
Day September 16 under the resolution A/RES/49/114.
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This day marks the drafting of the Montreal Protocol

under the Vienna convention for the protection of the
ozone layer signed by 28 nations in Montreal, Canada
on substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, in 1987.
The theme for the year 2019 is “32 Years and Healing”.
The year 2019 marked the 25th World Ozone Day
celebrations.
September 17, World Patient Safety Day To mark the importance of patient safety under the
2019 (WPSD) campaign ‘Medication without Harm’. The theme for
the year 2019 is ‘Patient Safety: a global health
priority’ and its slogan is ‘Speak up for patient safety’.
Read full details here: First World Patient Safety Day
by WHO observed on 17th September 2019
September 18, World Bamboo Day It is the 10th Edition. The Bamboo Forum of India
2019 (WBD) celebrated WBD under the theme ‘Bamboo for
sustainable development goals‘ at Lamyanba
Shanglen, Palace Compound, Imphal, Manipur. Read
full details here: 10th edition of World Bamboo Day
for 2019 observed on September 18
September 21, World Alzheimer’s Day It is held annually to raise awareness about
2019 (WAD) Alzheimer's and Dementia. The theme for the year is
raising awareness and challenging the stigma around
the disease.
September 21, International Day of The day aims to strengthen the ideals of peace and
2019 Peace, also known as recognises the efforts of those people who have
World Peace Day worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. The
theme of this Day for 2019 was ‘Climate Action for
Peace’. The theme focuses on the need of fighting
climate change by protecting and promoting peace
throughout the world.
September 21, International Coastal It encourages people along with ocean conservation
2019 Cleanup Day (ICCD) groups, and environmental organizations to clean up
the garbage/trash on the beach. 2019 International
Coastal Cleanup Animal is The Pelican.
September 22, World rose day The purpose of celebrating this day is to make cancer
2019 patients become strong enough to face the disease
with spirit and will power.
September 22, World Rhino Day It is an international ecological observance to raise
2019 awareness on the protection of 5 existing species of
rhinoceros- white rhino, black rhino, Indian rhino,
Javan rhino, and Sumatran rhino. Indian cricketer &
brand ambassador for rhino protection in WWF India,
Rohit Sharma had launched “Rohit4Rhinos campaign”
in partnership with WWF India and Animal Planet.
September 23, International Day of Sign The theme of this day for 2019 is “Sign Language
2019 Languages (IDSL) Rights for All”. The day corresponds with
International Week of the Deaf, which also took place
annually from 24th -30th September. Read full details
here: International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL)
observed on September 23, 2019
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September 23, Ayushman Bharat Diwas It was on this day a year ago Ayushman Bharat Yojana
2019 or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) was
launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from
Ranchi, Jharkhand. It is the world's largest health care
programme which provides a health cover of Rs 5 lakh
annually to vulnerable families.
24 - 28 6th India Water Week Theme “Water cooperation: Coping with 21st Century
September, 2019 2019 Challenges”. The event was addressed by Union
Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Sekhawat.
Read full details here: President inaugurates 6th
India Water Week 2019 in New Delhi
September 25, World Pharmacists Day The aim of this day is to promote and spread
2019 awareness about the pharmacist’s (health
professionals who practice in pharmacy) key role in
improving health in every part of the world.The theme
for the year 2019 is "Safe and effective medicines for
all".
September 25, Antyodaya Diwas Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of Pandit
2019 Deendayal Upadhyaya, a noted philosopher, historian,
and political activist.
26th September World contraception day To create awareness about the contraceptive methods
2019 available and enable the young people to make
informed decisions regarding their sexual and
reproductive health
September 26, World Maritime Day It stresses the importance of safety, maritime security,
2019 (WMD) and marine environment and marks the contribution
of international maritime industries towards the
economy of the world. The theme for WMD 2019 is
“Empowering women in the maritime community”
which emphasizes gender equality in line with the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(UNSDGs- Goal 5).
September 26, World Environmental Theme “Climate change challenges, time for global
2019 Health Day (WEHD) Environmental Health to act in unison”. The day was
declared by the International Federation of
Environmental Health (IFEH) to review environmental
health issues and take appropriate actions. It was first
observed in the year 2011 in Indonesia.
September 26, International Day for the The day creates public awareness of nuclear
2019 total elimination of disarmament matters, educates people on the
nuclear weapons potential threat by nuclear weapons and stresses the
need for their elimination.
September 27, World Tourism The theme for the year 2019 is “Tourism and jobs: a
2019 Day(WTD) better future for all”. The host nation for this 2019
WTD is India, selected by the United Nations World
Tourism Organisation(UNWTO) where the main
eventwas held at New Delhi. The day aims to promote
social, cultural, political and economic values through
tourism. Read full details here: World Tourism Day
observed on September 27 2019
September 28, World Rabies Day (WRD) Theme “Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate”. This 13th
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2019 annual observance raises awareness about rabies

disease and its preventable measures. Rabies is a viral
disease that causes inflammation of the brain (acute
encephalitis) in warm-blooded animals. It is a zoonotic
disease i.e. transmitted from one species to another,
commonly by a bite from an infected animal such as
dogs to humans.
September 28, International Day for Theme “Leaving No One Behind!”. This 4th annual
2019 Universal Access to observance promotes the idea that every individual in
Information (IDUAI), also the world has the right to seek and receive
known as Access to information. IDUAI was first observed in 2016 by
Information Day United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) after the adoption of 38
C/Resolution 57.
September 29, World Deaf Day (WDD) It creates awareness about the contributions of deaf
2019 people to society. The day was initiated by the World
Federation of the Deaf (WFD) headquartered in
Helsinki, Finland.
September 29, World Heart Day (WHD) The day which is celebrated annually creates
2019 awareness of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) including
heart disease & stroke .
September 30, International Translation This day is observed as a tribute to the work of
2019 Day language professionals playing an important role in
uniting the nations, contributing to the development
and strengthening world peace and security. The
theme for 2019 is “Translation and Indigenous
Languages”.
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World's biggest transport spaceship Kounotori8 launched by Japan

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Other Science and Technology News of National & International

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Overview Of 2019 China Open Held In Jiangsu, China

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Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan becomes youngest test cricket captain

Logo for 2022 FIFA World Cup launched by Qatar

FIFA Rankings: India drops to 104,Belgium remained its top position

BOOKS & AUTHORS

Gandhi. The book, published by Harper

‘Himalayan Odyssey’ Veerendra Kumar The book is an English translation of the

Lal Bahadur Shastri: Sandeep Shastri It is published by Rupa Publications. It

V Ganesan(94) Army Veteran/ Tamil Vedaranyam in He is the founder of the Nethaji

trained in Kathak by him.

first leader to accept France’s

annual nutrition event organized by the Food and